Old Lou

Old Lou easy guitar chords by Trooper Jim Foster

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  • D

  • Eb

    6

  • Em

  • A

  • C

  • B

    2

  • G

  • F#m

    2

  • D

  • Eb

    6

  • Em

  • A

  • C

  • B

    2

  • G

  • F#m

    2
    • Verse 1
    D
    Eb
    Em
    D

    I found Lou when I was 10 years old.
    A
    D

    I was walking home one day
    C
    D
    B

    and the weather turned cold.
    Em

    He was just a scrawny kitten
    D
    G

    by the railroad track
    Em

    and I'd have left him there
    A
    Em
    G

    but I happened to look back
    D
    A

    and noticed he was limping.
    C

    His front paw was hurt.
    B

    I went back an d picked him up
    Em

    and stuck him under my shirt.
    G

    When I got home I tried to hide him
    Em
    A

    but my mama said, what's that?
    D
    A
    C

    When I opened up my
    B

    She went on a raving
    Em

    and said,
    Eb

    Son, you'll have to take it back.
    Em
    G

    It's another mouth to feed,
    Em
    D

    And we can't feed no alley cat.
    A

    So I took poor Lou up under the house,
    C
    B

    Dug a hole in the dirt,
    Em

    Just as quite as a mouse.

    I stuck him down in there
    Eb
    G

    And covered him with hay,
    Em

    Hoping that would be enough
    D

    To keep the cold away.
    A

    Through the night I whirred
    C
    B

    And tossed around in bed.
    Em

    I was sure that with a bit cold
    G

    by morning he'd be dead
    A

    so I sneaked outside real quiet
    D
    A

    not to wake the others and

    I brought that ragged cat inside
    B

    and hid him in the cupboard
    Em
    B

    when I woke up
    D

    I sure was scared
    G
    A

    cuz mama was standing there
    D

    that darn cat no longer hid
    A
    B

    it was playing in my hair
    C
    B

    I thought for sure she'd whip me hard
    Em
    G

    or as hard as she was able,
    D

    but she just gave me a funny look
    A
    D

    and said, breakfast is on the table.
    F#m

    If I'd known more about Mama,
    D
    C

    I wouldn't have had no fear.
    D
    B

    It turned out she let him stay
    Em
    G

    for 17 long years.
    Em
    A

    Old Lou just wanted enough to eat.
    D

    He never asked for more.
    F#m
    D

    He was there when Daddy passed away
    C
    A
    B
    Em

    and when Sonny went to war.

    I never will forget the day
    G

    when Old Lou finally died.
    A
    D

    He was just a plain ol' alley cat,
    A
    C

    but Lord, how Mama cried.
    B
    Em

    That was so many years ago,
    Eb
    G

    how fast the years unfold.
    D

    Seems like Mama was young one day
    Em
    A
    D

    an d the next day she was old.
    A
    D

    I went back last year,
    C
    B
    Em

    just before Mama died.
    G

    She kept talking about Dad and Sonny
    Em

    and all the days gone by.
    A
    D

    Then she said, son,
    A

    I know I'm getting old,
    D
    B

    and my sight's failing me,
    Em
    Eb

    but I could swear I just saw old Lou
    G
    D

    out yonder un der that old
    A

    tree.
    Outro 1
    D
    A
    D
    C
    B
    Em

    G

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