Johnny Cash - Tiger Whitehead Chords C G Wild blackberries bloomin' in the thickets on the mountain, C G Sheep shire and water cress are growin' round the fountain, C G Em Where a big black bear is drinkin' lappin' water like a dog, A D D7 Tiger Whitehead's in the bed, sleepin' like a log. C G C But tomorrow he'll see bear tracks seven inches wide, G D G And by sundown he'll be bringin' in the hide. G C G C Pretty Sally Garland comin' down the mountain side, G D G D Where Tiger Whitehead's tryin' to nap a mill, at the mill, G C G C She sits down on a bearskin and she says, “You'll be my man, G D G I'll have me the best bear hunter in these hills.” G C G C A wild child was Tiger Whitehead and they say he killed G D G D Ninety-nine bears before he went to rest, went to rest, G C G C Once he left two bear cubs orphaned but he brought 'em right on home, G D G G7 And Sally nursed the two bear cubs upon her breast. [Chorus] G C G C Tiger now is eighty-five and he lay upon his bed, G D G D And the bears he killed now numbered ninety-nine, ninety-nine. G C G C Some fellers trapped the bear, but Tiger said, “Just let him go, G D G If he ain't running wild he won't be mine.” Em But at the night when the wind howls C G Cross the hills of eastern Tennessee, Em And when the lightnin' flashes, A D There's the strange thing that the people say they see : C G C An old grey headed ghost runnin' through mountains there, G D G G7 It's Tiger Whitehead after his one hundredth bear. C G Wild blackberries bloomin' in the thickets on the mountain, C G Sheep shire and water cress are growin' round the fountain, C G Em Where a big black bear is drinkin', lappin' water like a dog, A D D7 Tiger Whitehead's in the bed, sleepin' like a log. C G C But tomorrow he'll see bear tracks seven inches wide, G D G And by sundown he'll be bringin' in the hide.
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