Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G
Never was a finer breed than the steed that was Shamrock
D MajorD G+G
Plain to see by his conformation that he came from finest stock
D MajorD G+G
Daddy was a black mammoth jack, Mamma was a thoroughbred mare
D MajorD G+G
Had four white feet wore a buckskin coat, wore a mohawk in his hair
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Stood about nineteen hands, didn't need no kick to go
D MajorD
Old Dood up top, deep in the saddle hollerin'
G+G
Woah woah woah, woah woah woah
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G D MajorD G+G
Only ever had one rider, anyone else was gettin' bucked
D MajorD G+G
Cross any kind of land, through the rain and snow and muck
D MajorD G+G
Sure footed as a billy goat with thirty-three inch ears
Clog dance on a snake with his front two feet and give coyotes the rear
C majorC G+G
Kick so hard it sent them up and out the stratosphere
D MajorD G+G
Make a coyote fly so far it wouldn't land until nеxt year
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G
From the hightop to the hollеr, no places Sham can't go
D MajorD
Old Dood up top, deep in the saddle hollerin'
G+G
Woah woah woah, Woah woah woah
🎸 Verse 3:
G+G D MajorD G+G
Ain't scared to cross that river, jump clear across that crik
D MajorD G+G
Steed don't need no shoes when his hooves is one foot thick
D MajorD G+G
Leather and tack can't hold him back and he'll bite right through a bit
D MajorD G+G
Rope bridle made of mooring line was the only thing that fit
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Hot on the bandit's trail, fence postin' through the snow
D MajorD
Old Dood up top, high in the saddle hollerin'
G+G
Go boy go, go boy go
Go boy go, go boy go
