Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me chords by Johnny Horton

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well a  (D major) tom
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cat sittin' on a  (G major) bale of hay  (D major) 
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And a bulldog sittin'  (A major) on the  (D major) ground
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I went and fetched the bulldog's  (G major)  (D major) tail
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And they went around  (A major) and
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around  (D major) and around
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They went around  (A major) and around  (D major) 

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Verse 2

It's the same old tale that

the crow told me

Way down yonder by the

sy camore tree

It's the same old tale that

the crow told me

Way down yonder by the sycamore

Interlude 1

tree

Verse 3
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Well I  (D major) had an old cow and
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she  (G major) slobbered so bad  (D major) 
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I spent all my money that I  (A major) ever had  (D major) 
I went and asked the doctor
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what to  (G major) do about it  (D major) 
He said I'd have to teach
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the  (A major) old cow how to spit  (D major) 
He said I'd have to teach the
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old cow  (A major) how to spit  (D major) 

Verse 4
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It's the  (D major) same old tale that
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the  (G major) crow told  (D major) me
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Way down yonder by the  (A major) sycamore tree
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 (D major) It's the same old tale
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that the  (G major) crow told  (D major) me
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Way down yonder by the  (A major) sycamore tree  (D major) 

Verse 5
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Well  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
a humpback
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man went to a  (G major) football game  (D major) 
And the game was called
off on account of rain
So the humpback went to
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get his  (G major) quarter back (D major) 
The fullback kicked the hump off
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of the  (A major)  (D major) humpback's back
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He kicked the hump off the  (A major) 
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 (D major) humpback's back

Verse 6
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It's the same  (D major) old tale that
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the  (G major) crow told  (D major) me
Way down yonder by the sy
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 (A major) camore tree  (D major) 
It's the same old tale that
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the  (G major) crow told  (D major) me
Way down yonder by the
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 (A major) sycamore tree  (D major) 

Interlude 2

Verse 7
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Well I  (D major) just found out why  (G major) ham's so high
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 (D major) There's only two hind legs
on a hog that's why
But cross a hog with an octopus
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and  (G major) ham will come down  (D major) 
It'll be hog in the middle
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and  (A major) ham all around  (D major) 

Verse 8
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It's the  (D major) same old tale that
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the  (G major) crow told  (D major) me
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Way down yonder by the  (A major) sycamore tree  (D major) 
It's the same old tale that
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the  (G major) crow told  (D major) me
Way down yonder by the
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sycamore  (A major) tree  (D major) 