Sweet betsy from pike chords by Burl Ives

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Do you remember sweet  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) Betsy from
Pike,
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Crossed the big mountain with  (A major) her lover
Ike,
D 
With  (D major) two yoke of ox and a big yaller dog,
A tall
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Shanghai rooster an (A major) d
D 
one spot (D major) ted hog,
Oodle -dang, folly -dee -die -doe,
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 (A major) Oodle  (D major) -dang, folly -dee -dee.
They soon reached the desert where
Betsy give out,
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Down on the sand she lay rolling  (A major) about,
D 
I key  (D major) -gazed at her with
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 (G major) sobs and with  (D major) sighs
Oh, peek -a -dup,
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 (A major) Betsy, you'll get sand  (D major) in your eyes
Hoodle -dang,
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Pauldy  (A major) died, oh, hoodle  (D major) -dang,
Pauldy day
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The shanghai run  (A major) off and the  (D major) cattle all died
The last piece of bacon
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that  (A major) mornin' was fried
D 
I  (D major) got discouraged and
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Betsy  (G major) got  (D major) mad
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The dog wagged his tail  (A major) and
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 (D major) looked wonderfully sad
Oodle -Dang,
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Pauldy  (A major) -Dydo,
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Oodle  (D major) -Dang,
Pauldy -Day.
Long
Ike and
Sweet
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 (A major) Betsy atten (D major) ded a dance.
Ike wore a pair of his
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 (A major) Pike
County pants.
Sweet
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 (D major) Betsy was dressed up in
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ribbon (G major) s and  (D major) rings.
Both
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Ike, you're an  (A major) angel,
D 
but where  (D major) are your wings?
Oodle -Dang,
A 
Pauldy  (A major) -Dydo,
D 
Oodle  (D major) -Dang,
Pauldy -Day.
A 
A miner come up (A major) ,  says,
D 
will  (D major) you dance with me?
I will, you old hoss,
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if you don't  (A major) make two three
D 
And I'll  (D major) tell you the reason,
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do you  (G major) want to  (D major) know why?
Duggan yee,
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I'm  (A major) chuck full of  (D major) strong alkali
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Hoodle -dang, faldee  (A major) -die, do,
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hoodle  (D major) -dang, faldee -dee  (C major) 
On top of old
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 (F major) Smoky
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All covered with snow  (C major) 
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I lost my true  (G major) lover from a cordon too slow
C 
 (C major) On top of old
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C 
Smoky,  (F major) I went there to  (C major) weep
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A false -hearted lover  (G major) is worse than a  (C major) thief,
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For a thief he will rob  (F major) you and
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take what you  (C major) hate.  (G major) 
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 (C major) But a false -hearted lover  (G major) will
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send you to your  (C major) grave.
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She'll hug you and  (F major) kiss you,
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and tell you more  (C major) lies
Than the cross -ties on the
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 (G major) railroad or the stars in  (C major) the sky.
On top of old
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 (F major) Smoky, all covered with  (C major) snow,
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I lost my true  (G major) lover from a -courting too  (C major) slow.