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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
C(4) F(2) C(2) C(4) F(2) C(2)
Verse 1:
C
High on the mountain I'll tell you what I see,
C F C
Bear tracks, bear tracks lookin' back at me.
C
You better get your rifle boy before it's too late,
C F C
Cause the bear's got a little pig, and headed through the gate.
Chorus:
G C
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
G C
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C
He ain't never been caught he ain't never been treed,
F C
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
Ole Slew Foot, he's a mighty, mighty bear;
C F C
Feet like tubs and long brown hair.
C
He's 'leven feet tall, and he's twenty feet around,
C F C
He's headed up the mountain, boys, so whistle up the hounds.
Chorus:
G C
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
G C
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C
He ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed,
F C
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
I saved up my money, and I bought me some bees,
C F C
And they started makin' honey way up in the trees.
C
Cut down the trees, but my honey's all gone,
C F C
Old Slew Foot's done made himself at home.
Chorus:
G C
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
G C
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed,
F C
And some folks say he look a lot like me.
Verse 4:
C
Winter's comin' on, and it's twenty below,
C F C
And the river's froze over, so where can he go.
C
We'll chase him up the gully, then we'll run him in the well,
C F C
And shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell.
Chorus:
G C
He's big around the middle, and he's broad across the rump.
G C
Runnin' ninety miles an hour takin' thirty feet a jump.
C
Ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed,
F C
And some folks say he look a lot like me.
F C
And some folks say he look a lot like me.
F C
And some folks say he look a lot like me.
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025