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