Teddy Bear Song chords by Barbara Fairchild, Waylon Jennings

SimplifiedG · C · D · Ab · Db …

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) I wish I had button eyes
C 
and a red felt  (C major) nose
D 
A shaggy  (D major) cotton skin and just
G 
one set of clothes  (G major) 
Sittin' on the shelf in the
C 
local department store  (C major) 
D 
With  (D major) no dreams to dream
and nothing to be sorry for
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 2
C 
I wish I was a teddy  (C major) bear
D 
G 
Not livin' or  (D major) lovin' or goin' nowhere  (G major) 
C 
I wish I was a teddy  (C major) bear
G 
And I'm  (G major) wishin' that I hadn't
D 
G 
C 
G 
fallen  (D major) in love  (G major) with you  (C major)  (G major) 

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Verse 3

I wish I had a wooden heart

and a sawdust mind

Then your mem'ry wouldn't come

around hurtin' all the time

I'd have a sewed- on smile and

a painted twinkle in my eye

And I never would've ever

had to learn how to cry

Verse 4
G 
C 
I wish I was  (G major) a teddy  (C major) bear
D 
G 
Not livin' or  (D major) lovin' or goin' nowhere  (G major) 
C 
I wish I was a teddy  (C major) bear
G 
And I'm  (G major) wishin' that I hadn't
D 
G 
fallen  (D major) in love with  (G major) you
Ab 
 (A flat major) 

Verse 5
I wish I had a string you could
Db 
pull to make me say  (D flat major) 
Eb 
Ab 
Hi,  (E flat major) I'm Teddy ain't it a lovely  (A flat major) day?
Then I'd know every time I
Db 
spoke the words were  (D flat major) right
Eb 
And  (E flat major) no  one would know
Ab 
the mess I made in my  (A flat major) life

Verse 6
Ab 
Db 
I wish I  (A flat major) was a teddy  (D flat major) bear
Eb 
Ab 
Not livin' or  (E flat major) lovin' or goin' nowhere  (A flat major) 
Db 
I wish I was a teddy  (D flat major) bear
Ab 
And I'm  (A flat major) wishin' that I hadn't
Eb 
Ab 
fallen  (E flat major) in love  (A flat major) with you