Old Shep

by Clyde (Red) Foley · posted by harmusman

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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

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