Fred
Fred

Fred easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I 
    have 
    a dog, 

    and 
    his 
    name 
    is 
    Fred 

    Poor 
    old 
    feller, 
    he'd 
    be 
    better 
    off 
    dead 

    Than 
    to live 
    his 
    life 
    with 
    me 

    Me 
    being 
    one 
    old 
    flea 

    Verse 2
    Fred 
    used 
    to scratch 
    his back 
    and side 

    Poor 
    old 
    feller, 
    I 
    would 
    run 
    and 
    hide 

    I'd 
    drink 
    me 
    a 
    big 
    old 
    beer 

    And 
    wait 
    till 
    the coast 
    was 
    clear 

    Verse 3
    I 
    know 
    I 
    sound 
    like 
    a mean 
    old 
    rat 

    But 
    I'm 
    just 
    a flea, 

    you 
    know 
    I can't 
    help 
    that 

    We're 
    a 
    perfect 
    team, 
    a 
    pretty 
    good 
    match 

    I 
    provide 
    the 
    itch 
    and 
    he 
    replies 

    with 
    the scratch 

    Scratch, 
    Fred, 
    roll 
    on 
    the ground 

    Scratch, 
    Fred, 

    it 
    makes 
    a 
    musical 
    sound: 

    Chicka 
    chicka 
    chick
    a 
    chick
    a 
    chhhh 

    Chicka 
    chicka 
    chicka chicka 

    chhhh 

    Verse 4
    Fred 
    won 
    shows, 
    he 
    was 
    a big 
    suc
    cess 

    So 
    I 
    was 
    living 
    at 
    the best 
    address 

    Life 
    was 
    a pleasure 
    for 
    me 

    He 
    made 
    me 
    a high- 
    class 
    flea 

    Fred 
    won 
    ribbons 
    and 
    lov
    ing 
    cups 

    He 
    out
    classed 
    all 
    of 
    them 
    other 
    pups 

    But 
    as soon 
    as 
    we 
    were 
    back 
    in 
    the yard 

    I'd 
    nip 
    that 
    rascal 
    hard 

    Verse 5
    I 
    know 
    I 
    sound 
    like 
    a mean 
    old 
    rat 

    But 
    I'm just 
    a flea, 

    you 
    know 
    I can't 
    help 
    that 

    We're 
    a perfect 
    team, 
    a 
    pretty 
    good 
    match 

    I 
    provide 
    the 
    itch 
    and 
    he 
    replies 

    with the 
    scratch 

    Scratch, 
    Fred, 
    roll 
    on 
    the 
    ground 

    Scratch, 
    Fred, 

    it 
    makes 
    a 
    musical 
    sound: 

    Chicka 
    chicka 
    chicka 
    chick
    a 
    chhhh 

    Chicka 
    chicka 
    chicka chicka 

    chhhh 

    Verse 6
    Well, 
    Fred 
    got 
    older 
    and 

    he quit 
    the shows 

    Makes 
    you 
    wonder 
    where 
    the glory 
    goes 

    Now 
    we lie 
    in 
    the noonday 
    sun 

    And 
    think 
    of 
    the stuff 
    we've 
    won 

    Fred 
    gets 
    sleepy 
    when 
    the sun 
    get
    s hot 

    So 
    we take 
    a 
    little 
    snooze 

    until 
    the day 
    is 
    shot 

    And 
    if 
    I want 
    to 
    go 
    in 
    at 
    night 

    I give 
    him 
    a little 
    bite 

    Verse 7
    I take 
    it 
    easy, 
    'cause 
    he's 
    old 
    and 
    fat 

    But 
    I'm still 
    a flea, 

    you 
    know 
    I can't 
    help 
    that 

    We're 
    a per
    fect 
    team, 
    a 
    pretty 
    good 
    match 

    I 
    provide 
    the 
    itch 
    and 
    he 
    replies 

    with 
    the scratch 

    Scratch, 
    Fred, 
    roll 
    on 
    the 
    ground 

    Scratch, 
    Fred, 

    it 
    makes 
    a musical 
    sound: 

    Chicka 
    chicka 
    chick
    a 
    chicka 
    chhhh 

    Chicka 
    chick
    a 
    chick
    a 
    chicka 
    chhhh 

    Chicka 
    chicka 
    chicka 
    chicka 
    chhhh 


    Chicka chicka chicka chicka chhh 


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