{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1848926,"song":"Old Tige","artist":"Half Man Half Biscuit","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11409650-old-tige-chords-by-half-man-half-biscuit/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1848926?type=chord","rating":0.00015,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTige, you were faithful, faithful to the end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTige, how I miss you, you were my best friend.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThree years of army service done and I was heading home at last[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got to thinking ‘bout my dog and things long gone and past[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow old Tige pulled me from the creek when I had no pulse or breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch] \r\nHow he saved me from the charging bull that gored my dad to death.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAs a kid I’d dream of bears and tremble to my toes\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTill old Tige’d come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThen all my fears would melt away and Tige’d go lie down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’d drift on back to sleep without another sound.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe big bus stopped and I got off it was awful dark and thick with fog\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen something gently nuzzled me and there stood Tige, my dog[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus each day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd all the dreary winter nights since I’d been away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTo have old Tige meet me here like this I was, I was really glad\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n‘Cos I hadn’t needed Tige so much since the day they buried dad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nTwo long miles lay ahead, but what I didn’t know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA giant dam was being built where the old road used to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nI thank the Lord for sending Tige and followed where he led\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKnowing well that without his help I’d be good as dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nTige inched away this way and that going rough and slow[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I could hear the water lapping at the ledges far below.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen through the mist I saw a light, and mother in her chair[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I reached down to pat old Tige, but he wasn’t there\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI’m thankful mom you had old Tige these three lonely years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI owe my life to him tonight I couldn’t help my tears.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou say you wrote me about the dam, well God was sure with us[/tab]\r\n\r\nI didn’t get your letter mom, but old Tige met the bus\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI hate to tell you son she said, but now you’ve got to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen you left it broke his heart; Tige died three years ago.[/tab]","plain_text":"As a kid I’d dream of bears and tremble to my toes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe big bus stopped and I got off it was awful dark and thick with fog\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo have old Tige meet me here like this I was, I was really glad\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI thank the Lord for sending Tige and followed where he led\n\n\n\nAnd I could hear the water lapping at the ledges far below.\n\n\n\n\nAnd I reached down to pat old Tige, but he wasn’t there\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI didn’t get your letter mom, but old Tige met the bus","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}