Sweet Betsy From Pike
Sweet Betsy From Pike

Sweet Betsy From Pike easy guitar chords by Rosemary Clooney

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

  • C

  • G

  • D

  • A

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

  • C

    • Verse 1
    Who 
    the 
    damn 
    for 
    did 
    I 
    know, 

    who 
    damn 
    for 
    the 
    day 

    (Who the damn 
    for 
    did 
    I 
    know, 

    who 
    damn 
    for 
    the 
    day) 

    Verse 2
    Oh, 
    don't 
    you 
    remember 

    sweet 
    Betsy 
    from 
    Pike 

    Who 
    crossed 
    the 
    big 
    mountains 

    with 
    her 
    lover 
    Ike 

    With 
    two 
    yoke 
    of 
    cattle, 
    a 
    large 
    yeller 
    dog 

    A 
    tall 
    Shanghai 
    rooster, 

    and 
    a 
    one- 
    spotted 
    ho
    g 

    (A tall 
    Shanghai 
    rooster, 

    and 
    a 
    one- 
    spotted 
    hog) 

    Verse 3
    One 
    evening 
    quite 
    early 
    they 

    camped 
    on 
    the 
    Platte 

    'Twas 
    nearby 
    the 
    road 
    on 

    a 
    green 
    shady 
    flat 

    Where 
    Betsy, 
    sore- 
    footed, 

    lay 
    down 
    to 
    re
    pose 

    With 
    wonder, 
    Ike 
    gazed 
    on that 

    Pike 
    County 
    rose 

    (With wonder, 

    he 
    gazed 
    on 
    that 
    Pike 
    county 
    rose) 

    Verse 4
    The 
    Shanghai 
    ran 
    off, 

    and 
    their 
    cattle 
    all 
    died 

    That 
    morning 
    the 
    last 
    piece 

    of 
    bacon 
    was 
    fried 

    Poor 
    Ike 
    was 
    dis
    couraged, 

    and 
    Betsy 
    got 
    mad 

    The 
    dog 
    drooped 
    his 
    tail 
    and 

    looked 
    wondrously 
    sad 

    The 
    dog 
    drooped 
    his 
    tail 
    and 

    looked 
    wondrously 
    sad 

    Verse 5
    They 
    soon 
    reached 
    the desert, 

    where 
    Betsy 
    gave 
    out 

    And 
    down 
    in 
    the 
    sand, 

    she 
    lay 
    rolling 
    about 

    While 
    Ike 
    half 
    dis
    tracted 

    looked 
    on 
    in 
    sur
    prise 

    Saying, 
    "Betsy, 
    get 
    up
    , 

    you'll 
    get 
    sand 
    in 
    your 
    eyes" 

    Verse 6
    Sweet 
    Betsy 
    got 
    up 
    in 
    a 
    great 
    deal 
    of 
    pain 

    She 
    declared 
    she'd 
    go 
    back 

    to 
    Pike 
    County 
    again 

    But 
    Ike 
    gave 
    a sigh, 

    and 
    they 
    fondly 
    em
    braced 

    And 
    they traveled 
    along 
    with 

    his 
    arm 
    round 
    her 
    waist 

    Verse 7
    Who 
    the 
    damn 
    for 
    did 
    I 
    know, 

    who 
    damn 
    for 
    the 
    day 

    Who 
    the 
    damn 
    for 
    did 
    I 
    know, 

    who 
    dam
    n for 
    the 
    day 


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