Old Tige Chords by Jim Reeves

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_ Time, you were faithful, _ _ _
[A] faithful _ _ to [E] the _ end. _ _
[B] _ Time, _ how I'll miss _ you, [A] you were my [E] best _ friend. _ _
_ Three years of Army service done, and I was heading home at [A] last.
_ _ I got to thinking about [E] my dog and _ things long gone [B] and past.
How old Tig pulled me from the creek when I had no pulse or breath.
[F#] And how he had saved me from the charging bull [B] that gored my dad to death. _
[E] _ As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my toes. _
[A] Till old Tig would come up to my bed and [E] nudge me with his nose.
And then my [B] fears would melt away and Tig would go lie down.
I'd drift on back to sleep [A] without another sound. _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ The big bus stopped and I got off.
It was awful dark and thick with fog. _
[A] Then something gently nuzzled me and [E] there stood Tig, my dog. _ _
[B] I wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus each day and all [F#] the dreary winter nights [C#m] since I'd been away.
[B] _ _ To have Tig meet me here [E] like this I was really glad.
_ Because I hadn't needed Tig so much [A] since the day they buried Dad. _ _
[E] Two long miles still lay ahead, [B] but what I didn't know, a giant [D#] dam was being built where the old road used [A] to go.
_ _ I thanked the [E] Lord for sending Tig and I followed where he led.
Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as dead. _
[A] Tig inched along this way and that going [E] rough and slow.
_ And I could hear the [B] water lapping at the ledges far below. _ _ _ _
[F#] Then through the mist I saw a light and Mother in [B] her chair.
_ And I reached down to pat [E] old Tig, but _ he wasn't there. _ _ _ _
[A] I'm thankful Mom you had old Tig these three [E] lonely years.
I owe my life to him [B] tonight.
_ I couldn't help my tears.
_ _ You say you [A] wrote me about the dam?
Well, _ _ [E] God was sure with us.
_ I didn't get your letter Mom, but old Tig met the bus.
_ _ I hate to tell you son, [A] she said, but now you've got to know.
[E] _ _ When you left it [B] broke his heart. _ _ _
Tig died _ three years [A] ago. _ _ _ _ _
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