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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1837086,"song":"Tiger Whitehead","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1837086-tiger-whitehead-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1837086?type=chord","rating":4.5576,"votes":4,"content":"Tiger Whitehead\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWild blackberries bloomin' in the thickets on the mountain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSheep shire and water cress are growin' round the fountain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere a big black bear is drinkin' lappin' water like a dog,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTiger Whitehead's in the bed, sleepin' like a log.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut tomorrow he'll see bear tracks seven inches wide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd by sundown he'll be bringin' in the hide.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPretty Sally Garland comin' down the mountain side,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere Tiger Whitehead's tryin' to nap a mill, at the mill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe sits down on a bearskin and she says, “You'll be my man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll have me the best bear hunter in these hills.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA wild child was Tiger Whitehead and they say he killed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNinety-nine bears before he went to rest, went to rest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnce he left two bear cubs orphaned but he brought 'em right on home,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd Sally nursed the two bear cubs upon her breast.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTiger now is eighty-five and he lay upon his bed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the bears he killed now numbered ninety-nine, ninety-nine.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome fellers trapped the bear, but Tiger said, “Just let him go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf he ain't running wild he won't be mine.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut at the night when the wind howls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCross the hills of eastern Tennessee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd when the lightnin' flashes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's the strange thing that the people say they see :[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn old grey headed ghost runnin' through mountains there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIt's Tiger Whitehead after his one hundredth bear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWild blackberries bloomin' in the thickets on the mountain,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSheep shire and water cress are growin' round the fountain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere a big black bear is drinkin', lappin' water like a dog,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTiger Whitehead's in the bed, sleepin' like a log.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut tomorrow he'll see bear tracks seven inches wide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd by sundown he'll be bringin' in the hide.[/tab]","plain_text":"Tiger Whitehead\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","Em","A","D","D7","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}