Tonart: Db major
Verse 1
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F
Gilbert was just 18 years of age
C
when he first took himself a wife.
But she proved to be unfaithful,
C
He turned bitter against all women,
only used them when he could.
F
And he only had contempt
C
F
C
for other men
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He worked and drank and
Except for one,
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C
G
C
a mangy old blue -heeler for a friend
F
Years ago old Gilbert found a puppy
C
by the roadside left to die
Hungry and frightened,
G
beneath the frosty southern sky,
C
Gilbert picked him up and raised him,
and a bond of friendship grew,
F
a friendship that was never
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Then one day Gilbert woke to find
C
his old track mate was gone
F
C
G
And he began a search that never was to
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F
G
end
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C
F
G
C
Gilbert used to work a while
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C
and then he'd go to town on one big spree
It was the only way he knew
D
G
to ease the pain of hurtful memories
while Gilbert drank away his cares
F
His old dog was impounded
F
When they couldn't find its owner,
C
the dog was put to sleep,
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G
and perhaps it's best if
Gilbert roamed from town to town,
F
still searching for the friend
C
It was the final blow from fate
D
that really turned the old
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He was ridiculed in bar rooms,
he was laughed at in the streets,
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Still searching for his friend
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C
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Till someone found him dead one day
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beneath a table in a park,
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G
With a collar and a chain
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A
clutched in his hand.
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G
Years ago old Gilbert found a puppy
D
by the roadside left to die
Hungry and frightened
A
beneath the frosty southern sky
D
Gilbert picked him up and raised him
and a bond of friendship grew
G
A friendship that was never
G
Then one day Gilbert woke to find
D
his old track mate was gone
G
And he began a search that
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D
G
D
only death could end
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