Old Tige chords by Jim Reeves

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major) (Tige you were faithful
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 (G major) faithful to the  (D major) end
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 (A major) Tige now I miss you  (G major) you were
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my best  (D major) friend)
Three years of Army Service done
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and I was headin' home at last  (G major) 
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I got to thinking bout my  (D major) dog and
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things long gone and  (A major) passed
How old Tige pulled me from the creek
when I had no pulse or breath
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 (E major) How he saved me from the chargin'
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bull that  (A major) gored my Dad to death  (D major) 
As a kid I'd dream of bears
and tremble to my toes
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 (G major) Till old Tige come up to my bed and
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nudge me with his  (D major) nose
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Then my  (A major) fears would melt away
and Tige would go lie down
I'd drift on back to sleep without
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 (G major) another sound  (D major) 
The big bus stopped I got off it was
awful dark and thick with fog
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Then  (G major) something gently nuzzled
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me and there stood  (D major) Tige my dog
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 (A major) I wondered if my faithful dog
had met the bus each day
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And all the dreary  (E major) winter nights
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since I'd been away  (A major) 
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Have Tige meet me here like  (D major) this
I was I was really glad
Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much
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since  (G major) the day they'd burried Dad
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 (D major) Two long miles still lay ahead
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but  (A major) what I didn't know
A giant Dam was being built
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where the old road used to go  (G major) 
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I thank the Lord  (D major) for sending Tige and
I followed where he led
Knowing well without his help
that I'd be good as dead
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Tige  (G major) inched along this way and
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that going rough  (D major) and slow
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And I could hear  (G major) the water  (A major) lappin' at
the ledges far below
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Then through  (E major) the mist I saw a light
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and mother in her chair  (A major) 
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And I reached down to pet old  (D major) Tige
but he wasn't there
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I'm thank (G major) ful Mom you had
old Tige these three lonely years
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 (D major) I owe my life to him tonight  (A major) I
couldn't help my tears
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You say you wrote  (G major) me bout the Dam
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well God was  (D major) sure with us
I didn't get your letter Mom
but old Tige met the bus
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I hate to tell you son she  (G major) said but
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now you've got to know  (D major) 
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When you left it broke  (A major) his heart Tige
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died three years ago  (G major) 
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(You were my best friend)  (D major) 