The Teddy Bear Song chords by Waylon Jennings

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Verse 1
C 
 (C major) well, I wish I had button eyes
F 
and a red felt  (F major) nose
G 
shaggy  (G major) cotton skin and just
C 
one set of clothes  (C major) 
Sittin' on a shelf in a local
F 
department store  (F major) 
G 
With  (G major) no dreams to dream and
nothin' to be sorry for
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 2
F 
I wish I was a teddy bear  (F major) 
G 
C 
Nor living, nor  (G major) loving, nor going nowhere  (C major) 
F 
I wish I was a teddy bear  (F major) 
C 
And I  (C major) wish that I never had
G 
C 
fallen  (G major) in love with  (C major) you

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Verse 3
C 
I  (C major) wish I had a wooden heart
F 
and a sawdust mind  (F major) 
G 
Then your  (G major) memory wouldn't come
C 
around hurtin' all the time  (C major) 
With a sewed-on smile smile and
F 
a painted twinkle in my  (F major) eye
G 
Then I nev (G major) er would've ever
had to learn how to cry
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 4
F 
I wish I was a teddy bear  (F major) 
G 
C 
Nor living, nor loving,  (G major) nor going nowhere  (C major) 
F 
I wish I was a teddy bear  (F major) 
C 
And I  (C major) wish that I never had
G 
C 
fallen  (G major) in love with  (C major) you

Verse 5
D 
I  (D major) wish I had a string you could pull
G 
that would make me say  (G major) 
A 
What  (A major) you wanna hear from me
D 
to make you stay  (D major) 
Then I'd know every time I
G 
spoke the words were  (G major) right
A 
And  (A major) no one would know what
a mess I've made in my life
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6
G 
I wish I was a teddy bear  (G major) 
A 
D 
Nor living, nor  (A major) loving, nor going nowhere  (D major) 
G 
I wish I was a teddy bear  (G major) 
D 
And I  (D major) wish that I never had
A 
D 
 (A major) fallen in love with  (D major) you

Verse 7
D 
G 
I wish I was  (D major) a teddy bear  (G major) 
A 
Nor living, nor  (A major) loving,
D 
nor going nowhere  (D major) 
I wish I was (I wish I was) a teddy bear