Tiger Whitehead chords by Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
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Verse 1
(G major) Wild (C major) blackberries bloomin' in
the thick (G major) est on the mountain
(C major) Sheep shire and water cress are
growin' (G major) round the fountain
Where a (C major) big black bear is drinkin'
lappin' (G major) water like a dog (E minor)
Ti (A major) ger Whitehead's in the bed
sleepin' (D major) like a log
Tomor (C major) row he'll see bear
tracks (G major) seven intches wide (C major)
And by sundown (G major) he'll be
(D major) bringin' in (G major) the hide
Verse 2
(G major)
Pretty Sally Gar (C major) land comin'
(G major) down the mountain side (C major)
Where Ti (G major) ger Whitehead's
(D major) tryin' to nap (G major) a mill at the (D major) mill
She sit (G major) s down on a bearskin (C major)
and she says (G major) you'll be my man (C major)
I'll have (G major) me the best bearhunter (D major) in the hills (G major)
A wild child was Tiger (C major) Whitehead
(G major) and they say he killed (C major)
Ninety- (G major) nine bears be (D major) fore he
went to (G major) rest went to rest (D major)
Once he (G major) left two (C major) bearcubs orphaned
but he (G major) brought 'em right on home (C major)
And Sally (G major) nursed the two (D major) bearcubs upon (G major) her breast
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Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (E major) (A major)
(D major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 3
Tiger now is (C major) eighty- five and
he (G major) lay upon his bed (C major)
And the (G major) bears he killed now numbered (D major)
ninety- (G major) nine ninety- (D major) nine
Some fellers (G major) trapped the bears (C major)
but Tiger said (G major) just let him go (C major)
If (G major) he ain't running wild (D major) he won't (G major) be mine
But at night (E minor) when the wind howls
(C major) cross eastern hills of Tennessee (G major)
And (E minor) when the lightnin' flashes there's the
strange thing that the (A major) people say they see (D major)
An old (G major) grey headed ghost (C major) runnin'
(G major) through the mountains there (C major)
It's Tiger (G major) Whitehead after
his (D major) one hundreth (G major) bear
Wild (C major) blackberries bloomin' in
the thickest (G major) on the mountain
(C major) Sheep shire and water cress are
growin' (G major) round the fountain
Where a big (C major) black bear is drinkin'
lappin' (G major) water like a dog (E minor)
Ti (A major) ger Whitehead's in the bed
sleepin' (D major) like a log
Tomor (C major) row he'll see bear
tracks (G major) seven intches wide (C major)
And by sundown (G major) he'll (D major) be bringin' in the hide
(G major)
Tiger Whitehead
Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash
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