Song Name: | Old Shep | By: | Clyde (Red) Foley |
Posted By: | harmusman | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Country |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-10-15 08:10:20 | Modified: | 2010-03-22 10:03:45 |
Song: | Hi y'all, you either like it, or hate it (the sentimentality) Recorded by the "King" Elvis. Here's the first part of, "Dead dogs, Dying Horses and Lost Loves. 5 6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 -4 5 4 v.1 When //: I was a /lad,and old /Shep was a/ -5 -4 5 6 6 -5* -5 5 -4 5~~~~~ 1 pup /O'er /hills and /mead-ows we'd /roam-- / ~~ 5 -5= 6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 1 -- Just a /boy and his /dog we were / -4 5 4 -4 -4 6 6 -5 1 both full of /fun We /grew up to / -5 5 3 4~~~~~~4 4 -5 -5 6 1 geth-er that /way---/-I re--/mem-ber the / -6 -6 -6 -6 6 5 6 4 4** 1 time at the /old swim-ming /hole, when / 6 -6 -6 5 -5 5 -4~~~~~~ 1 I would have /drowned be-yond /doubt---/ ~-4*** 6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 1 - /Shep was right /there to the / -4 4 -4 5 5*** 6 6 -5 1 rescue he /came he /jumped in and / -5 5 -4 4~~~~~~~~~~ 5 5 1 helped pull me /out--- /- 2nd.v so the // v.2 years rolled a /long, and at /last he grew / old his /eyesight was /fast growing /dim,--/ then one / day the /doc-tor looked / at me and /said I /can't do no /more for him/ Jim-- /-with a /hand that was /trem-bling I / picked up my /gun, I /aimed it at / Shep's faith-ful /head--/-I*** /just cudn't / do it I /want-ed to /run and I / wished that they'd /shoot me in- /stead-/ 3. I // went to his /side and /sat on the / ground, he /laid his /head on my /knee,-- / I /stroked the best /pal that a / man ev-er /found I /cried so I / scace-ly could /see--- /-- old / Shep-pie he /knew he was /going to / go for he / reached out and /licked at my / hand--- /-he*** /looked up at /me just as / much as to /say we're / part-ing, but / you un-der- /stand-- /- (To finale) Now // 6 6 6 6 -4 5 -5 -5 6 old shep is /gone, where the / good dog-gies / 5 4 -4 5 5 5 5 -4 4 6~~~~~~ go and no /more with old / Shep will I /roam-- / ~ 5 -5 6 -6 6 5 -5 5 - but if /dogs have a /heav-en, there's / -4 5 -4 3 5 6 6 -5 -5 5 -4 one thing I /know Old /Shep has a /won-der-ful / 4~~~~~~~~~ home---/--- // (code) -5= leave this note out in v.3 -5* use v.3 word "was" only 4** leave out in v.2 between "I - aimed" 4*** & 5*** use v.2&3 words "I" & "he" Yours Harmusman |