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