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