Roy Rogers – Four-legged Friend chords

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Artist: Roy Rogers
Song:   A Four-Legged Friend (1952)
URL:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rogers;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6SU-MvR8_M; 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkg2C_EIea0&list=PL3CF8DE30156FFCBE&index=6
Tempo:  2|4
Style:  Polka Waltz with Staccato Strumming
Tuning: Standard

Chords
        EADGBe
D7:     XX0212
G:      320003
C:      032010



INTRO:[Accordion Over]  
|D7 D7 |G G |


CHORUS 1:
G C A four-legged friend, a four-legged friend,
D7 GHe'll never Let You Down.
C He's honest and faithful right up to the end, (First Time Only)
D7 G [D7 D7 G G]That wonderful one, two, three, four-legged friend.
VERSE 1:
G CA woman's like cactus and cactus can hurt,
D7 G'Cause she's just a tight-waisted winky-eyed flirt.
CShe'll soon have your land and your pride and your gold,
D7 GAnd bury you deep long before you grow old.
REPEAT CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL 1:[Violin & Lead Over] |G G C C |D7 D7 G G | |C C D7 D7 |D7 G G | VERSE 2:
G CA two-legged hombre is worthless as sand,
D7 GHe'll smile like a saint with a gun in his hand.
CHe'll promise to stick by your side like a pal,
D7 GBut he'll also promise the same to your gal.
REPEAT CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL 1:[Accordion & Lead Over] |G G C C |D7 D7 G G | |C C D7 D7 |D7 G G | VERSE 3:[Slow single strum chords, until last line]
G C Who carries your burden, who carries your load,
D7 GOn tumbleweed land or a long dusty road.
CWho asks you no questions, who tells you no lies,
D7 GThat four-legged friend with the two honest eyes.
CODA:
G C A four-legged friend, a four-legged friend,
D7 GHe'll never let you down.
C He's honest and faithful right up to the end,
D7 G That wonderful four-legged friend.
D7 GThat wonderful one, two, three, four-legged friend. -- "Whoa, Trigger!"
[End] Notes: 1. Sung on horseback (Little Trigger) in the Bob Hope film "Son of Paleface" (1952).
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