Chords for Burl Ives - The Squirrel (Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee)

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I know a wee squirrel who lives in an oak He loves a good lunch and he loves [G#] a good joke
There's a wee [Fm] bit of scotch in his [C#] family tree He's Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee
He's Angus [G#] MacFergus MacTavish [C#] Dundee _ _ _
Of chestnuts and acorns he's gathered a store Although he has [D#] plenty he still [G#] gathers more
And he has them [Fm] for breakfast and lunch and [C#]
tea Young [F#] Angus MacFergus [C#] MacTavish Dundee
Young [F#] Angus [G#] MacFergus MacTavish [C#] Dundee _ _ _ _
His [F#] brothers and sisters and [G#] uncles and aunts [C#] Quite often will [D#] gather and have a [G#] fine dance
And [F#] they leap through the [D#m] air with hilarious [C#]
glee With Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee
With Angus [Fm] MacFergus MacTavish [C#] Dundee _ _ _ _
Once while they were dancing a hunter came by And all of these [D#] squirrels the hunter [G#] did spy
And [D#m] he lifted his [D#m] rifle and aimed [C#] carefully At Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee
At Angus [A#] MacFergus MacTavish [C#] Dundee _ _ _
The rifle went off with a terrible blast But Angus [A#m] MacFergus was [G#] faster than fast
And the [Fm] bullet went deep [D#m] in the poor old [C#] oak tree But it never touched [G#] Angus MacFergus [C#] Dundee
But it [F#] never touched Angus [C#] MacFergus Dundee
The [G#] hunter looked [C#] round but the squirrels were gone Of all of those dancers [G] there [C] wasn't a one
[F#] They were all [Fm] safely hid [A#m] in that [C#] friendly oak tree With Angus [G#] MacFergus _ [C#] MacTavish Dundee
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_ _ [C#] I [F#] often imagine [C#] that I'd like to be A bonnie [A#m] wee squirrel and [D#] live in a tree
[F#] Pay no rent and no [D#m] taxes and get my [C#] lunch free Like [F#] Angus MacFergus [C#] MacTavish Dundee
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