Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes
Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes

Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    was out 
    for a 
    stroll, 

    just 
    a- walking 
    a pup 

    Checking 
    the scene, 

    seeing 
    what 
    was 
    up 

    I wasn't 
    bothering 
    nobody, 

    I was 
    easing 
    on 
    down 
    the road 

    Just 
    behind 
    me 
    come 
    a 
    piddy piddy pat 

    I 
    said 
    "Good Lord, 

    tell me 
    what 
    was that" 

    I turned 
    and looked 
    and my 

    brain 
    took 
    an overload 

    Verse 2
    Down 
    the trail 
    and 
    around 
    the 
    farm 

    Come 
    a 
    thousand 
    people 

    with their 
    underwear 
    on 

    Picking 
    'em 
    up, 

    laying 
    'em down 
    like 
    mad 

    Puffing 
    and 
    groaning, 
    their faces 
    all 
    red 

    Eye
    s rolled 
    back 
    in their 
    sweaty 
    heads 

    I never 
    saw 
    so 
    many 
    people 
    look 
    so bad 

    Verse 3

    Crying 
    "Come 
    on, 

    Harry! 
    Come on, 
    Sue 

    We're 
    gonna 
    do 
    what the 

    magazines 
    tell 
    us to 

    Get ourselves 
    in shape 

    the fashionable 
    way 

    Twenty- 
    five 
    laps 
    around 
    the pond 

    Will 
    make 
    us 
    tall 
    and slim 
    and 
    blonde 

    Oh, 
    hand 
    me 
    down 
    my 

    Verse 4
    jogging 
    shoes 
    today" 

    The 
    sound 
    was strictly 
    rolling 
    thunder 

    My 
    dog 
    took off 
    with 
    his tail 
    tucked 
    under 

    I 
    stood 
    at the 
    side 
    of the 
    road 

    and watched 
    'em 
    pass 

    Their shirts 
    were nicely 
    understated 

    They 
    all 
    looked 
    terribly 
    dedicated 

    Some 
    looked 
    strong 
    and 
    some 

    looked 
    low on 
    gas 

    Verse 5
    Some 
    were built 
    like 
    land- 
    locked 
    whales 

    Some 
    wore 
    shorts 
    from 

    Blooming
    dales 

    Some had legs 
    that looked 

    like 
    six 
    feet 
    long 

    They 
    clearly 
    come 
    to do 
    or 
    die 

    And 
    as 
    that herd 
    went 
    thundering 
    by 

    So 
    help 
    me 
    folks, 

    they 
    all 
    broke 
    into 
    song 

    Verse 6

    They said, 
    "Come on, 

    Harry! 
    Come 
    on, 
    Sue 

    We're 
    gonna 
    do 
    what the 

    magazines 
    tell 
    us to 

    Get ourselves 
    in shape 

    the fashionable 
    way 

    Twenty- 
    five 
    laps 
    around 
    the pond 

    Will 
    make 
    us 
    tall 
    and 
    slim 
    and blonde 

    Oh, 
    hand 
    me 
    down 
    my 

    jogging 
    shoes today" 

    Verse 7

    I 
    knew 
    that 
    they'd 
    get 
    fit 
    or bust 

    I 
    knew 
    by the 
    size 
    of the 
    cloud 
    of dust 

    I 
    knew 
    by the 
    sound 
    of the 

    blisters 
    going 
    "crack
    " 

    I 
    thought 
    I'd 
    head back 
    to 
    the farm 

    When 
    suddenly 
    someone 

    snagged 
    my 
    arm 

    And there 
    I 
    was 
    in the 

    middle 
    of the 
    seething 
    pack 

    Verse 8
    I 
    was sweat
    ing 
    like 
    a 
    fool; I 

    was out 
    of breath 

    I was 
    trying 
    to keep 
    from 

    getting 
    tramped 
    to death 

    I 
    must 
    have been 
    an edifying 
    sight 
    to see 

    I 
    cried, 
    "You 
    folks 
    can 
    jeer and 
    scoff 

    But 
    my 
    legs 
    are 
    broken; they're 

    falling 
    off" 

    And 
    by 
    now 
    you know 
    what 

    they turned 
    and 
    said 
    to me 

    Verse 9

    They said, 
    "Come 
    on, 

    Harry! 
    Come on, 
    Sue 

    We're 
    gonna 
    do 
    what the 

    magazines 
    tell 
    us 
    to 

    Get 
    ourselves 
    in shape 

    the fashionable 
    way 

    Twenty- 
    five 
    laps 
    around 
    the pond 

    Will 
    make 
    us 
    tall 
    and slim 
    and 
    blonde 

    Oh, 
    hand 
    me 
    down 
    my jogging 

    shoes 
    today" 


    Verse 10
    Twenty- 
    five 
    laps 
    around 
    the pond 

    Will 
    make us 
    tall 
    and 
    slim 
    and blonde 

    Oh, 
    hand 
    me down 
    my 
    jog
    ging 
    shoes 
    today 


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