(The Ballad Of) Ole Sam Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
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[D]I b[G]ought me[D]
a hound dog the other week
and this [G]old hermit fella
lived down by the creek
and he [E]said,
son, you're gonna love old Sam.
He [A]is a gem.
And a hun[E]dred dollars ain't much
to [A]pay for a dog like [D]him.
[G]Well, old[D] Sam there,
he'll treat you anything
and boy, he's [G]the finest critter
that you've ever seen.
So I [E]paid him a hundred bucks
and throwed old [A]Sam up
in the back of the truck.
[E]And me and Elmo [A]said we'd
take him hunting [D]for our [G]luck.
[D]Oh, Sam[Bm], oh,[B] Sam,
oh, [E]that's a hunt as dogs want to have.
[A]At least that's what
the fellow that sold him
[D]took me at last.
Oh, [B]Sam, oh, Sam,
you [E]ought to have seen him a -sniffing
and a -poking around.
[A]Oh, I knew I was going
to be proud of [D]that 100 [G]dog.
[D]We set up camp way down the hall
and I [G]slipped that chain off
old Sam's collar,
[E]and we was sitting around
the campfire there El[A]mo and me.
We was [E]listening to old Sam
[A]way off the woods
as he [D]started to [G]tree.
[D]Closer and closer old Sam
came.
[G]Must have been some kind
of long -legged game.
We [E]heard a rustle in the brush
and I turned around and [A]there it be.
A [E]big red eyed grizzly [A]bear
looking smack [D]dab [G]at Elmo [D]and me.
And I said, old [B]Sam, old Sam,
[E]where is that hundred dollar hound?
[A]Folks did you ever see a grizzly bear
close [D]in the
[B]Now, Sam, old Sam,
[E]where is that no -good clop
-eared [A]hound?
Oh, I'd give another hundred dollars
if he'd [D]just show [G]up and bark
[D]
Turned around quick to grab for my knife
I said, [G]Elmo, you'd better run for your life
So he [E]lit out for the woods,
and son, I headed to the [A]fields
With that [E]great big grizzly [A]bear
nipping right at [D]my heels[G]
[D]Oh, he must have chased me
around for hours
And I [G]ripped my clothes on
stumps and briars
and [E]I finally got home about to
crack a dog [A]bore out.
Oh, by the way, [E]I found old Sam.
[A]He was way[D] up und[G]er the house,
and [D]I said, [B]now, Sam, Sam,
[E]you're headed for the city dog pound,
and [A]you come out from under that house
and [D]take it like a dog.
[Bm]Well, [B]the sun's been sun,
[E]and the tale's been told,
but [A]Sam won't be your [D]soul.
[G]Now, you come on [D]out
from under that house, [G]Sam.
If [D]it's for a hundred dollars,
[G]I can get up under [D]there myself.
[G]Don't thr[D]ow them big
[G]brown eyes at [D]me.
You've [G]had it. [D]All[G] right, Sam.
[D]One more time,
and if you pull a trick [D]like that again,
you're headed for the great
fireplug in the sky.