The Legend Of Bonnie and Clyde Song Lyrics and Chords
The Legend Of Bonnie and Clyde Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
The Legend Of Bonnie and Clyde
Recorded by Merle Haggard
Written and Recorded by Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
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Bonnie was a waitress in a
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small
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Clyde Barrow was the rounder that
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took her a
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They both robbed and killed until
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both of them
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died
So goes the Legend of
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Bonnie and
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Clyde
The poems that she wrote of the life
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that they
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led
Told of the lawmen left
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dying or
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dead
Some say that Clyde made
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her life a
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shame
But the legend made Bonnie the
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head of the
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game
The rampage grew wilder with
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each passing
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day
The odds growing smaller with
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each get a
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With the end growing closer the
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harder they
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fought
With blood on their hands they were
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bound to get
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caught
They drove back from town on one
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bright summer
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When a man they befriended stepped
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out in the
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With no thought of dying they
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pulled to the
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side
But death lay there waiting for
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Bonnie and
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Clyde
Two years or running was
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ended that
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For robbing and killing they
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both had to
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pay
But we'll always remember how
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they lived and
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died
So goes the Legend of
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Bonnie and
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Clyde
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Legend Of Bonnie and Clyde?
- The song The Legend Of Bonnie and Clyde 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.
