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πΈ Verse 1:
C Am7 F
We made up the rules as we went
C F D7 G
That's how the bulk of the summer was spent
Em Am D
Wading through heather, lazing on limbs
F C Am G
Wasting the day any way on a whim
πΈ Verse 2:
C Am7 F
Nobody saw him like me
C F D7 G
A real jungle cat, not just fabric and string
Em Am D
Muscle and fiber, rustling fur
F C Am G
It's all so hazy now I can't be sure
πΈ Chorus 1:
F G
Was he a toy or a tiger
C Em Am
Bouncing downhill in that radio flyer
C7 F G Em A7
And was it all real or did I pretend
F G G7 C
I don't know but he was my friend
πΈ Verse 3:
C Am7 F
He'd wait by the door after school
C F D7 G
I'd come home whistling and next thing I knew
Em Am D
We were tumbling backward, hunter and prey
F C Am G
Still nice to know someone missed me all day
πΈ Chorus 2:
F G
Was he a toy or a tiger
C Em Am
Partner in crime and trusted advisor
C7 F G Em A7
And was it all real or did I pretend
F G G7 C
I don't know but he was my friend
πΈ Bridge:
C7 F Fm
So what was a memory
C
And what was a dream
D7 D
And what would it matter if it's all the latter
Dm G
It still was the whole world to me
πΈ Verse 4:
C Am7 F
I thought I'd lost him one night
C F D7 G
Mom called his name and my dad held the light
Em Am D
But he finally got found, asleep on the ground
F C Am G
I still taste the tears when I think of it now
πΈ Chorus 3:
F G
Was he a toy or a tiger
C Em Am
Bouncing downhill in that radio flyer
C7 F G Em A7
And was it all real or did I pretend
F G
All I know is he was my
F Fm
Tender and toothsome, water balloon-some
C C7
Fly to the moon-some, Sunday cartoon-some
F
Real or pretend
G G7 C
He was my friend
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Published: October 23, 2023
Last Updated: February 10, 2026