Chords for Tickle Cove Pond

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_ _ _ _ [Eb] In cotton and barley, [Bb] _ frost [Fm] and snow, [Ab] we're up against troubles [Bb] that few people know.
_ _ [Eb] It's only by courage, _ [Bb] patience and grit, [Ab] hand, knee and blade, that [Bb] we keep ourselves [Eb] fit.
_ [Cm] Out in [G] Leazy, [Cm] we take ease, they [Gm] come.
_ [Eb] _ [Ab] When palms freeze over, [Bb] we shorten our _ arms.
_ _ _ [Eb] To hurry, my honey, _ [Bb] spring coming on. _
[Ab] I may have lost me bear out on [Bb] Chickoko [Eb] _ Farm.
_ _ Lay hold with them old fur, [Bb] lay hold with them white, [Ab] lay hold of the cordage and [Bb] hold on your mind. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Lay hold of the [Ab] bowling, [Bb] no longer care, _ [Ab] and give me a lift with [Bb] walking [Eb] on the farm. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] I knew that the ash [Bb] grew weaker each day, _ _
[Ab] but still took the risk and [Bb] kept howling away.
_ _ _ [Eb] While we lived in April, [Bb] bound home with the Lord, _
[Ab] Maymare showed some policy, but [Bb] gives the ash [Eb] road.
[Cm] She knew more than [Gm] I [Cm] did, as [Gm] matters turned out, [Eb] had [Ab] been lucky for me, had a [Bb] joy of her endowed.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] She turned round again, [Bb] her tears in her eyes, [Ab] as if she was saying, [Bb] you're rich in [Eb] our lives.
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_ _ _ [Eb] Oh, this I know, [Bb] we've had the blow, _ [Fm] [Ab] from that is a stupid, [Bb] dumb creature, you know.
_ _ [Eb] And the very next moment, _
_ [Bb] on gave a sigh, [Ab] and up to our necks went [Bb] Porky, he [Eb] and I.
_ _ Lay hold with them old fur, [Bb] lay hold with them white, [Fm] [Ab] lay hold of the cordage and hold [Bb] on your mind.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Lay hold of the bowling, _ [Bb] no longer care, [Ab] and give me a lift [Bb] with walking [Eb] on the farm.
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_ _ _ [Ab] And [Eb] if I had taken wise [Bb] Kitty's advice, _ [Ab] I never would have made that [Bb] shortcut on the ice.
_ [Eb] Oh, creature, she's dead, [Bb] oh, creature, she's gone, [Ab] I'll never get me where I'll [Bb] tickle, go [Eb] far. _
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[Eb] I'll graze ever now, you [Bb] could hear for a mile, [Ab] _ I'll never show doubt, in a [Bb] very short while.
_ _ You [Eb] can always depend on [Bb] your fuzz and whine, [Ab] and render assistance [Bb] in all your bad [Eb] lights.
[Cm] And if the [G] kind [Cm] neighbors pout their [Gm] [Ab] lies, Satan can be saved for their [Bb] children and wives.
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And with the road passing, _ [Bb] around the benches breaks, [Ab] the willow-white forest and the sandy song [Bb] made a [Eb] requite.
[Cm] There was no time [G] for thinking, [Cm] _ no time [G] for [Ab] delay, but straight from his heart came [Bb] the song right _ away.
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[Eb] Lay hold with them old fur, [Bb] lay hold with them white, [Ab] lay hold of the cordage and [Bb] hold on your mind. _ _
_ _ [Eb] Lay hold of the bowling, [Ab] _ [Bb] go count your cash, [Ab] and give me a lift with [F] walking on [Eb] the farm.
Lay hold with them old fur, [Bb] lay hold with them white, [Ab] lay hold of the cordage and [Bb] hold on your _ mind. _ _
_ _ [Eb] Lay hold of the bowling, [Fm] _ [Bb] go count your cash, [Ab] and with that we took it out [Bb] of simple co-op [Eb] box.