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