Chords for Old Blue by Caroline Jones

_ This song is an old American folk song and I'm doing Joan Baez's version [B] and it's called
Old Blue and it's about a dog named Blue. _ _
But let's be honest, I'm singing it because it's the only song I can find with lyrics
about [D] sweet potatoes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you so much!
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_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [A] There's a bunch of really cool archives.
I mean, if you're a geek like me, but [A] there's this guy named Alan [D] Lomax who, in the 40s and
50s, he went around and he collected all these really, really old American folk songs.
_ And I'm not sure if this is in his archives, [G] _ _
_ but they're amazing.
You know, you'll just hear hundreds of songs that have just been passed down for centuries.
Some of them are [D] legends, some of them are true stories.
You know, Johnny got run over by a cow and all these, but they're epic tales.
They're really cool. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ Anyway, this is Old Blue.
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[A] Had a dog and his name was Blue. _ _
Had a dog and his name was Blue.
_ Had a dog and his name was Blue.
_ Bet you five dollars you'd see a dog too.
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_ _ _ [A] I shouldered my axe and I tooted my horn.
_ _ And I went to find a fossil in the underground corn.
_ And old Blue barked and I went to see. _
_ And Blue had a possum tall over tree. _
[D] _ _ _ Come _ here.
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_ _ [B] You could not, _ [D] you _ could not be. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ So I [A] rushed to that possum nice and brave.
_ Sweet [E] potatoes [D] all around.
_ Good for _ Blue.
You can [A] have some. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Old Blue died and he died so hard.
_ [A] Shook the ground in my [A] backyard.
_ Dug up my grave with a silver spade.
_ _ Lowered him down the length of a tree.
_ [D] _ _ _ Every link that it called his _ name. _ _
_ _ He. _ _ _ _
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_ I'm a-callin' [A] that. _ _
_ _ _ _ So when I get to heaven first thing I'll do.
_ When I get to heaven first thing I'll [D] do.
When I get to heaven first thing I'll do.
_ _ Take out [E] my horn and [D] call Blue.
_ _ _ _ I'll say he. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Thank you.
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