Chords for Great Big Sea - Concerning Charlie Horse

_ _ Brothers and sisters the true story of Charlie the [G] horse _
And _ how a couple of guys got together in the spring of the year to resurrect
For Charlie from his watery grave on Angle Pond _ and to give him his just rewards like you would do for any friend
_ _ _ _ [F#] Come all ye [G] friends.
I'll sit you [C] down and sing a [G]
doleful ditty
_ About a day in April month [Am] when we started from [D] the city
[G] We planned a day or two at [C] Mars.
We _ stalwart men [G] were chosen
_ _ To _ remove old [Em] Charlie from Angle Pond
[D] Who fell in [G] when the pond was frozen? _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] [G] We seven men came [C] roaring down on a road through [G] roaches line
We might have [Em] stopped in heaven [A] there or free [D] us might have been fine
[G] We were hungry to sin but we never stopped [C] in nor took any [G] time to fight us
We all of us knew that we must get [D] through to remove old [G] Charlie's carcass
Hail to Charlie [C] horse, hail to [G] shame the master
No better [Em] horse dare run the [A] course nor roll [D] the log for a fester
[G] _ Hail to Charlie [C] horse, now aren't [G] ye old enough?
_ Charlie's gone to the victor, now where'll all those horses go?
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[G] In the car was no package coming beside him almost boasting
And [Em] Barrick Little Bill and [D] Timmy Fogg in the back seat he was roosting
[G] Smiley stuffer to the men of [C] police it wasn't [G] hard to find him
And Jimmy Pollock and Sagebrush Sam was sitting right in the siding
Billion Buck was also [C] there for they bought some [G] non-greens
They were given to help as best they [D] could to remove old Chuck's [G] remains
Charlie was like a brother to [C] shave and he loved [G] him well of course
Charlie was a very good man you see [D] although he did [G] a horse
Hail to Charlie horse, hail to shame the master
No [Em] better horse dare run the course [A] nor roll the [D] log for a [G] fester
Hail to [C] Charlie horse, now [G] aren't ye old [C] enough?
Charlie's [G] gone to the victor, now where'll all those horses go? _ _ _ _ _
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[G] I'll spare you all the gruesome [Am] details and just relate [G] the end
We feast [E] outdoors and as you strong [A] will soon remove no [D] shady strand
[G] We gave him a decent send [C] off with all [G] our hats removed
So that on behalf of O'Shaven [D] his friend our [G] loyalty was proved
Somewhere up in the great [C] beyond his [G] eyes was shining bright
Charlie [Em] nods in approval, he [A] nods cause he knows we [D] dare to make
[G] She will join him there [C] one day, they'll bring the [G] hardest leather
And so for all [D] eternity they'll pull the [G] log together
Hail to [C] Charlie horse, hail to [G] shame the master
No better [Em] horse dare run the course [A] nor pull the [D] log for a fester
[G] Hail to Charlie [C] horse, now aren't ye [G] old enough?
[C] _ [G] Charlie's gone to the victor, now where'll all those horses go?
_ Hail to Charlie horse, hail to shame the master
No better [Em] horse dare run the [D] course nor pull the log for a [G] fester
Hail to Charlie horse, now aren't ye old [C] enough?
[G] Charlie's gone to the [Em] victor, now _ _ _ [G] where'll _
[A] all [D] good horses _ _ [G] _
go? _ _ _ _ _ _
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