Bowleg's chords by
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Well, there used to be this ol' guy

Named Woody,

and Woody was an Indian

Came from a town in Oklahoma called...

Bowlegs. (Yeah, buddy.)

And he used to have this saying,

He used to say when things got

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real lousy

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I mean real lousy

All you had to do was just put out the

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Fire, call in the dogs, an' head it on

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Back to Bowlegs

And that's what this tune's

Verse 2

about. Heading on back

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Sometimes things don't work out,

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but that's how life is, son;

All them little miseries can

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keep you on the run

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One mornin' you may wake up

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with your face down in the eggs

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So just put out the fire,

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Call in the dogs,

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an' head it on back to Bowlegs

Y'all just put out the fire,

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Call in the dogs,

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an' head it on back to Bowlegs

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Verse 3

Well, lots o' people in this world

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are tryin' to make a buck

Some folks ride in a limousine while

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Others drive them big ol' Peterbilt trucks

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Just remember that ol' saying 'bout

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the round holes and square pegs

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An' just put out the fire,

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Call in the dogs,

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an' head it on back to Bowlegs

Well, just put out the fire,

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Call in the dogs, an' head it on back

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to Bowlegs

Interlude 1

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Verse 4

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There's no use tryin' to

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be what you're not

You run on a treadmill and you'll

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Get tired a lot. (Rhythmic breathing)

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So why not take some advice from

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me?; (Ooh)

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Even though I ain't no McCartney

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Verse 5

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Well, the moral of this story

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escapes me at this time

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I've been too busy sitting here,

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just tryin' to make it rhyme

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I'm a crazy drunken fool,

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and when I finish off this keg

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I'm gonna piss on the fire,

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Call in the dogs,

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an' head it on back to Bowlegs

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Piss on the fire, call in the dogs,

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an' head it on back to Bowlegs

I'll just piss on the fire,

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Call in the dogs,

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an' head it on back to Bowlegs

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Verse 6

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(Epilogue)

Well, right now, we're gonna do a little

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headin' on back ourselves

Head on down to Bowlegs,

water hole;

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Take advantage of that at Happy Hour

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Yeah, well, we're gonna go to the Jerome's,

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go to the Jerome's, man

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All right

They got a beer down there

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with my name on it

They got a beer called Jeff?

(Laughing)

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I'd like a beer

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You'd like a beer?

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Yeah, let's- let's go get one

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I- I could- I'm awful dry.

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(Opens beer can)

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All right. Yeah

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Where is my...

(fades to unintelligible)

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(Laughing)

Outro 1

(Dogs barking)

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