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Key: D
πΈ Verse 1:
N.C.
High on a mountain what do you see?
D G D
Bear tracks, bear tracks lookin' back at me
D
Better get your rifles, boys, before it's too late
D G D
The bear's got a little pig, and he's headed for the gate
πΈ Chorus:
A G D
Well he's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
A G D
Running ninety miles an hour, takin' thirty feet a jump
D
He ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed
D G D
Some folks say he looks a lot like me
πΈ Instrumental:
D
D G D
D
D G D
A G D
A G D
D
D G D
πΈ Verse 2:
D
I saved up my money and I bought me some bees
D G D
They started making honey way up in the trees
D
I cut down the tree but my honey's all gone
D G D
Ol' Slew Foot done made himself at home
πΈ Chorus:
A G D
He's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
A G D
Running ninety miles an hour, takin' thirty feet a jump
D
He ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed
D G D
Some folks say he looks a lot like me
πΈ Instrumental:
D
D G D
D
D G D
A G D
A G D
D
D G D
πΈ Verse 3:
D
Winter's coming on and it's twenty below
D G D
And the river's froze over so where can he go?
D
We'll chase him up the gully, then we'll run him in the well
D G D
We'll shoot him in the bottom just to listen to him yell
πΈ Chorus:
A G D
Well he's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
A G D
Running ninety miles an hour, takin' thirty feet a jump
D
He ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed
D G D
Some folks say he looks a lot like me
πΈ Chorus:
A G D
Oh he's big around the middle and he's broad across the rump
A G D
Running ninety miles an hour, takin' thirty feet a jump
D
He ain't never been caught, he ain't never been treed
D G D
Some folks say he looks a lot like me
πΈ Outro:
D G D
Some folks say he looks a lot like me
Song History
Published: March 8, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025