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(The Ballad Of) Ole Sam chords by 
Jimmy Dean 
N/A•
Key: E major•BPM: 57
Verse 1
D
G
D
G
D
G
D
G
D
I bought me
a hound dog the other week
G
and this old hermit fella
lived down by the creek
E
and he said,
son, you're gonna love old Sam.
A
He is a gem.
E
And a hundred dollars ain't much
A
D
to pay for a dog like him.
G
D
Well, old Sam there,
he'll treat you anything
G
and boy, he's the finest critter
that you've ever seen.
E
So I paid him a hundred bucks
A
and throwed old Sam up
in the back of the truck.
E
A
And me and Elmo said we'd
D
G
take him hunting for our luck.
D
Bm
B
Oh, Sam, oh, Sam,
E
oh, that's a hunt as dogs want to have.
A
At least that's what
the fellow that sold him
D
took me at last.
B
Oh, Sam, oh, Sam,
E
you ought to have seen him a -sniffing
and a -poking around.
A
Oh, I knew I was going
D
G
to be proud of that 100 dog.
D
We set up camp way down the hall
G
and I slipped that chain off
old Sam's collar,
E
and we was sitting around
A
the campfire there Elmo and me.
E
We was listening to old Sam
A
way off the woods
D
G
as he started to tree.
D
Closer and closer old Sam
came.
G
Must have been some kind
of long -legged game.
E
We heard a rustle in the brush
A
and I turned around and there it be.
E
A
A big red eyed grizzly bear
D
G
D
looking smack dab at Elmo and me.
B
And I said, old Sam, old Sam,
E
where is that hundred dollar hound?
A
Folks did you ever see a grizzly bear
D
close in the
B
Now, Sam, old Sam,
E
where is that no -good clop
A
-eared hound?
Oh, I'd give another hundred dollars
D
G
if he'd just show up and bark
D
Turned around quick to grab for my knife
G
I said, Elmo, you'd better run for your life
E
So he lit out for the woods,
A
and son, I headed to the fields
E
A
With that great big grizzly bear
D
G
nipping right at my heels
D
Oh, he must have chased me
around for hours
G
And I ripped my clothes on
stumps and briars
E
and I finally got home about to
A
crack a dog bore out.
E
Oh, by the way, I found old Sam.
A
D
G
He was way up under the house,
D
B
and I said, now, Sam, Sam,
E
you're headed for the city dog pound,
A
and you come out from under that house
D
and take it like a dog.
Bm
B
Well, the sun's been sun,
E
and the tale's been told,
A
D
but Sam won't be your soul.
G
D
Now, you come on out
G
from under that house, Sam.
D
If it's for a hundred dollars,
G
D
I can get up under there myself.
G
D
Don't throw them big
G
D
brown eyes at me.
G
D
G
You've had it. All right, Sam.
D
One more time,
D
and if you pull a trick like that again,
you're headed for the great
fireplug in the sky.
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