The melody of If We Make It Through December by Merle Haggard runs 159 notes across 57 bars, 2:50 long in Bb at 120 beats per minute. The tab sits low on the neck, mostly under the fourth fret, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? If We Make It Through December chords and lyrics.