It's Not Love Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
It's Not Love
(But It's Not Bad)
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written by
Hank Cochran and Glenn Martin
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She was always there
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each time I
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needed
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on to me like I held on to
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you
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still don't have what
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you and I once
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had
No it's
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not love
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but it's not
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bad
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No It's
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Not Love not like
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ours was it's not love
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it keeps
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love from driving me
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mad
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I don't have to
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wonder who she's
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had
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not love
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but it's not
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bad
I turn to her when
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you leave me
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alone
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even when you're here and you're still g
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one
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slowly changing
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what you leave so
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sad
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not Love
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but it's not
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bad
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No It's
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Not Love not like
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ours was it's not love
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it keeps
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love from driving me
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mad
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I don't have to
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wonder who she's
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had
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not love
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but it's not
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bad
FAQ
Who sang the the song It's Not Love?
- The song It's Not Love was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
