Ole Lonesome George the Basset chords by Tom T. Hall

  • G

  • C

  • A

  • D

  • Ab

    4
  • Db

    4
  • Bb

  • Eb

    6
  • B

    2
  • E

Verse 1
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Ole lonesome George the basset
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lived in Brentwood Tennessee
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C
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And even though he had
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his faults he was a sight to see
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He taught the show dog puppies
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to al ways try and please
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G
To hold their heads and tails up and
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not wet the judge's knees
Ole George was not a champion
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G
but his owners loved him so
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They drived the car to the dogshows ole
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D
George would get the dough
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But when he'd get out in the rain
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he never could win first
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Several judges shook their heads
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and said he was the worst
Then one day the kannel keeper
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got an urgent call
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Eb
From the local TV to Mr Tom T Hall
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They said Johnny Cash is
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puttin' on the show tonight
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He says he needs a basset you've
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got one ain't that right
Lonesome George went to the show
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A
and he did everything
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He barked and growled and jumped
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around and made the rappers ring
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He'd left the people cheering
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A
for another curtain call
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And so ole lonesome George became
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A
the show dog after all mhm
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