Old Shep chords by
The Mceuen Sessions
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Key: G major
Verse 1
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G

C
C

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When I was a lamb,
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D

Old Shep was a pup
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G

C
C

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F

Over hills and meadows we'd stray
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C

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Just a boy and his dog,
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D

We were both full of fun
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G

C
C

We grew up together that way
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D

C
C

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F

I remember the time
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C

at the old swimming hole
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A

When I would have drowned
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D

G
G

beyond doubt
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F

G
G

C
C

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But old Shep was right there,
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D

to the rescue he came
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G

He jumped in, and he helped,
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C

G
G

oh, and he helped
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Am

G
G

C
C

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A

And as the years fasted roll,
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D

old Shep, he grew old
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G

C
C

G
G

His eyes, they were fast growing dim
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Am

G
G

C
C

An d one day the
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A

D
D

doctor looked at me
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G

C
C

and said I can do no more in June
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With hands that were trembling,
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C

Am
Am

I picked up my gun
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C

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D

And aimed it at chap's faithful head
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G

C
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I just couldn't do it, I wanted to run
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G

C
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I wish they would shoot me instead
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He came to my side
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D

and he looked up at me
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G

C
C

And he laid his old head on my knee
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Am

C
C

A
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I had struck the best friend
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D

a boy ever had
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G

C
C

I cried so I could sleeplessly
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D

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C

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Old Shep, he is gone,
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C

where the good doggies go
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A

D
D

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G

And no more with Old Shep will I roam
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D

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G

C
C

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A

But if dogs have a heaven,
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D

there's one thing that I know
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G

G
G

Old Champ has a wonderful home
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C

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