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