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Sweet Betsy From Pike easy guitar chords by 
Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
Abb
Oh, don't you remember
Sweet Betsy from Pike?
She crossed the wide mountains
D
Abb
With her lover Ike and one
yoke of oxen
And big yeller dog a tall Shanghai rooster
And one spotted hog
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay out on the prairie
One bright starry night
They broke out the whiskey
D
Abb
And Betsy got tight she sang
and she shouted
And danced o're the plain
Made a great show for the whole
wagon train
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Verse 2
Abb
They soon reached the desert
D
Abb
Where Betsy give out and
down in the sand
D
Abb
She lay rolling about ike
in great terror
Looked on in surprise saying,
"Betsy get up
You'll get sand in your eyes"
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay the wagon tipped over
With a terrible crash and out
on the prairie
D
Rolled all sorts of trash
Abb
A few little baby clothes
done up with care
They looked rather suspi
D
cious
Abb
Though it was all on the square
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Verse 3
Abb
The Shanghai ran off and the cattle
all died
The last piece of bacon
D
That morning was fried
Abb
Poor Ike got discouraged
and Betsy got mad
The dog wagged his tail
D
Abb
And looked wonderfully sad
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
D
One morning they climbed
Abb
up a very high hill
And with great wonder
D
Looked into old Placerville
Abb
Ike shouted and said
As he cast his eyes down
"Sweet Betsy, my love
D
Abb
Will you come to Hangtown?"
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
D
Abb
Long Ike and sweet Betsy attended a dance
Verse 4
D
Ike wore a pair of his pike County pants
Abb
Sweet Betsy was covered
With ribbons and rings
Said, "Ike, you're an angel
But where are your wings?"
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
D
Abb
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
D
G
Do lang- fall, did ay
Verse 5
D
Long Ike and sweet Betsy
Abb
Got married of course
D
But Ike, getting jealous obtained a divorce
Abb
And Betsy, well satisfied said,
with a shout
"Goodbye, you big lummox
I'm glad you backed out"
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
Doodle- ang- fall, di- id- all
Do lang- fall, did ay
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