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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
v.1 When //: I was a /lad,and old /Shep was a/
1 pup /O'er /hills and /mead-ows we'd /roam-- /
1 -- Just a /boy and his /dog we were /
1 both full of /fun We /grew up to /
1 geth-er that /way---/-I re--/mem-ber the /
1 time at the /old swim-ming /hole, when /
1 I would have /drowned be-yond /doubt---/
1 - /Shep was right /there to the /
1 rescue he /came he /jumped in and /
1 helped pull me /out--- /- 2nd.v so the //
old shep is /gone, where the / good dog-gies /
go and no /more with old / Shep will I /roam-- /
- but if /dogs have a /heav-en, there's /
one thing I /know Old /Shep has a /won-der-ful /
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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