Ole Slew Foot chords by Johnny Horton

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

C(4) F(2) C(2) C(4) F(2) C(2)

Verse 1:

C majorC
High on the mountain I'll tell you what I see,
C majorC            FF       C majorC
Bear tracks, bear tracks lookin' back at me.
C majorC
You better get your rifle boy before it's too late,
C majorC                 FF           C majorC
Cause the bear's got a little pig, and headed through the gate.

Chorus:

G+G                  C majorC
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
    G+G              C majorC
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C majorC
He ain't never been caught he ain't never been treed,
               FF    C majorC
And some folks say he look a lot like me.

Fiddle:

C(4) F(2) C(2) C(4) F(2) C(2)

Verse 2:

C majorC
Ole Slew Foot, he's a mighty, mighty bear;
C majorC          FF     C majorC
Feet like tubs and long brown hair.
C majorC
He's 'leven feet tall, and he's twenty feet around,
C majorC                   FF        C majorC
He's headed up the mountain, boys, so whistle up the hounds.

Chorus:

G+G                  C majorC
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
    G+G                  C majorC
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C majorC
He ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed,
               FF    C majorC
And some folks say he look a lot like me.

Banjo:

C(4) F(2) C(2) C(4) F(2) C(2)

Verse 3:

C majorC
I saved up my money, and I bought me some bees,
C majorC               FF       C majorC
And they started makin' honey way up in the trees.
C majorC
Cut down the trees, but my honey's all gone,
C majorC          FF        C majorC
Old Slew Foot's done made himself at home.

Chorus:

G+G                  C majorC
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
    G+G              C majorC
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C majorC
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed,
               FF    C majorC
And some folks say he look a lot like me.

Verse 4:

C majorC
Winter's comin' on, and it's twenty below,
C majorC               FF      C majorC
And the river's froze over, so where can he go.
C majorC
We'll chase him up the gully, then we'll run him in the well,
C majorC                  FF      C majorC
And shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell.

Chorus:

G+G                  C majorC
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
    G+G                  C majorC
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C majorC
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed,
               FF    C majorC
And some folks say he look a lot like me.
               FF    C majorC
And some folks say he look a lot like me.
               FF    C majorC
And some folks say he look a lot like me.

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