– standard tuning –
– no capo –
– chords : –
G : 320033
C : x32010
Em : 022000
D : xx0232
[ verse 1 ]
G
come all ye friends i’ll sit you down ,
C G
and sing an oleful ditty ,
C G
t’was on a day in april month ,
Em D
we started from the city ,
G
we planned a day or two at mahers ,
C G
we stalwart men were chosen ,
C G
to remove ol’ charlie from angle pond ,
Em D G
who fell in when the pond was frozen .
[ verse 2 ]
we seven men came roaring down ,
on the road to roaches line ,
we might have stopped in avondale or brigus might have been fine ,
we was hungry as sin but we never stopped in ,
nor took any time to park us ,
we all of us knew that we must get through to remove old charlie’s carcass .
[ chorus ]
G C G
here’s to charlie horse , here’s to shave the master ,
C G Em D
no better horse ne’er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster ,
G C G
here’s to charlie horse and i wants ye all to know ,
C G Em D G
charlie’s gone to the big corral where all good horses go .
[ verse 3 ]
in the car was ol’ pocket comb and beside him old moose coosten ,
and barracuda bill and jimmy clark in the back seat he was roostin’ ,
there was smiley stubborn and the mounted police , it wasn’t hard to find him ,
and johnny pollack and sagebrush sam was sitting right in beside him .
[ verse 4 ]
kevin and buck was also there , but they brought some brawn and brains ,
they was aiming to help as best they could to remove old chuck’s remains ,
charlie was like a brother to shave and he loved him well of course ,
charlie was a very good man you see although he’d been a horse .
[ chorus ]
[ verse 5 ]
now i’ll spare you all the gruesome details
and just relate the end .
with two stout dories and a few strong ropes
we removed old shavey’s friend ,
we gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed ,
so long as we helped old shave and his friend , our loyalty was proved .
[ verse 6 ]
somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright ,
charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right .
shave will join him there one day and he’ll bring the harness leather ,
and so and for all of eternity they’ll pull the logs together .
[ chorus ] ( x2 )
[ outro ]
G , C , G , Em , D ( x2 )
– standard tuning –
– no capo –
– chords : –
G : 320033
C : x32010
Em : 022000
D : xx0232
[ verse 1 ]
G
come all ye friends i’ll sit you down ,
C G
and sing an oleful ditty ,
C G
t’was on a day in april month ,
Em D
we started from the city ,
G
we planned a day or two at mahers ,
C G
we stalwart men were chosen ,
C G
to remove ol’ charlie from angle pond ,
Em D G
who fell in when the pond was frozen .
[ verse 2 ]
we seven men came roaring down ,
on the road to roaches line ,
we might have stopped in avondale or brigus might have been fine ,
we was hungry as sin but we never stopped in ,
nor took any time to park us ,
we all of us knew that we must get through to remove old charlie’s carcass .
[ chorus ]
G C G
here’s to charlie horse , here’s to shave the master ,
C G Em D
no better horse ne’er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster ,
G C G
here’s to charlie horse and i wants ye all to know ,
C G Em D G
charlie’s gone to the big corral where all good horses go .
[ verse 3 ]
in the car was ol’ pocket comb and beside him old moose coosten ,
and barracuda bill and jimmy clark in the back seat he was roostin’ ,
there was smiley stubborn and the mounted police , it wasn’t hard to find him ,
and johnny pollack and sagebrush sam was sitting right in beside him .
[ verse 4 ]
kevin and buck was also there , but they brought some brawn and brains ,
they was aiming to help as best they could to remove old chuck’s remains ,
charlie was like a brother to shave and he loved him well of course ,
charlie was a very good man you see although he’d been a horse .
[ chorus ]
[ verse 5 ]
now i’ll spare you all the gruesome details
and just relate the end .
with two stout dories and a few strong ropes
we removed old shavey’s friend ,
we gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed ,
so long as we helped old shave and his friend , our loyalty was proved .
[ verse 6 ]
somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright ,
charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right .
shave will join him there one day and he’ll bring the harness leather ,
and so and for all of eternity they’ll pull the logs together .
[ chorus ] ( x2 )
[ outro ]
G , C , G , Em , D ( x2 )
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