Sweet betsy from pike
Sweet betsy from pike

Sweet betsy from pike easy guitar chords by Burl Ives

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    • Verse 1
    Do 
    you remember 
    sweet 

    Betsy 
    from 

    Pike, 

    Crossed 
    the 
    big 
    mountain 
    with 
    her 
    lover 

    Ike, 

    With 
    two 
    yoke 
    of 
    ox 
    and 
    a 
    big 
    yaller 
    dog, 

    A 
    tall 

    Shanghai 
    rooster 
    an
    d 

    one spot
    ted 
    hog, 

    Oodle 
    -dang, 
    folly 
    -dee -die 
    -doe, 

    Oodle 
    -dang, 
    folly -dee 
    -dee. 

    They 
    soon 
    reached 
    the desert 
    where 

    Betsy 
    give 
    out, 

    Down 
    on 
    the sand 
    she 
    lay rolling 
    about, 

    I 
    key 
    -gazed 
    at 
    her 
    with 

    sobs 
    and 
    with 
    sighs 

    Oh, 
    peek 
    -a -dup, 

    Bet
    sy, 
    you'll 
    get 
    sand 
    in 
    your eyes 

    Hoodle 
    -dang, 

    Pauldy 
    died, 
    oh, 
    hoodle 
    -dang, 

    Pauldy 
    day 

    The 
    shanghai 
    run 
    off 
    and 
    the 
    cattle 
    all 
    died 

    The 
    last 
    piece 
    of 
    bacon 

    that 
    mornin' 
    was fried 

    I 
    got 
    discouraged 
    and 

    Betsy 
    got 
    mad 

    The 
    dog 
    wagged 
    his 
    tail 
    and 

    looked 
    wonderfully 
    sad 

    Oodle 
    -Dang, 

    Pauldy 
    -Dydo, 

    Oodle 
    -Dang, 

    Pauldy -Day. 

    Long 

    Ike 
    and 

    Sweet 

    Betsy 
    atten
    ded 
    a 
    dance. 

    Ike 
    wore 
    a pair 
    of 
    his 

    Pike 

    County 
    pants. 

    Sweet 

    Betsy 
    was 
    dressed 
    up 
    in 

    ribbon
    s and 
    ring
    s. 

    Both 

    Ike, 
    you're an 
    angel, 

    but where 
    are 
    your wings? 

    Oodle 
    -Dang, 

    Pauldy 
    -Dydo, 

    Oodle 
    -Dang, 

    Pauldy -Day. 

    A 
    miner 
    come 
    up
    , 
    says, 

    will 
    you dance 
    with me? 

    I 
    will, 
    you old 
    hoss, 

    if 
    you don't 
    make 
    two 
    three 

    And 
    I'll 
    tell 
    you the 
    reason, 

    do you 
    want 
    to 
    know why? 

    Duggan 
    yee, 

    I'm 
    chuck 
    full 
    of 
    strong 
    alkali 

    Hoodle 
    -dang, 
    faldee 
    -die, 
    do, 

    hoodle 
    -dang, 
    faldee 
    -dee 

    On 
    top 
    of 
    old 

    Smoky 

    All 
    covered 
    with 
    snow 

    I 
    lost 
    my 
    true 
    lover 
    from 
    a 
    cordon 
    too slow 

    On 
    top 
    of 
    old 

    Smoky, 
    I 
    went 
    there 
    to 
    weep 

    A 
    false 
    -hearted 
    lover 
    is 
    worse 
    than 
    a 
    thief, 

    For 
    a thief 
    he will 
    rob 
    you 
    and 

    take 
    what 
    you 
    hate. 

    But 
    a 
    false 
    -hearted 
    lover 
    will 

    send 
    you to 
    your 
    grave. 

    She'll 
    hug 
    you and 
    kiss 
    you, 

    and 
    tell 
    you more 
    lies 

    Than 
    the 
    cross 
    -ties 
    on 
    the 

    railroad 
    or 
    the 
    stars 
    in 
    the sky. 

    On 
    top 
    of 
    old 

    Smoky, 
    all 
    covered 
    with 
    snow, 

    I 
    lost 
    my 
    true 
    lover 
    from 
    a -courting 
    too 
    slow. 

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