Fred
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
2nd traste
[Verse 1]
C Am G F
Well, Fred was a dog I used to own. He used to answer the telephone, and every now and
then he'd take the
G C Am G
truck into town for groceries. Yeah, Fred and I got along real well. At the checker
board old Fred was hell
F G C Am
and he never minded takin turns at doin' the dishes. Now when Fred was just about three
G
years old he started
F G C
actin' kind of bold and he's chasin' after that Beagle down across the highway. Well
Am
he's down there every day
G F
and night I said Fred, ya know ya gonna have to fight he said well, I've already whipped
G
everything 'tween
here
C
and the railroad.
[Chorus]
Am G F G F G C
Fred, you are a good dog, but the women gotch you runnin' wild and crazy as a Loon.
Am G
Fred, you are a good dog
F G F G C
but ya chasin' cars, hangin' out at bars and howlin' at the moon.
[Verse 2]
Am G
Well now one night ol' Fred came a stragglin' in, he's lookin' bad but he was sportin' a
F
grin, he said paw,
I just
G C Am G
took a wife and I want ya ta meet 'er. Well, now she didn't have very much to say, it
was plain
to see she was in a
F G C Am
family way. And she said Fred, ya better whip on back and get my suitcase. Well Fred
never made
it to the other
G F C
side cause right in the middle of the road he died, flattened by a trucker hauling dog
Am
food. Now ol Fred's
gone
G F
and she's a livin' here just a yackin' at her kids and drinkin' my beer, and she won't
G
drive the truck
nor do the
C
dishes.
[Chorus]
Am G F G F G
Fred, you were a good dog, but ya never knew when to chase 'em or when to turn around
C Am
and run.
Am G F G F G C
Ya Fred, you were a good dog, but now yer flat out on the freeway and dryin' in the sun.
[Bridge]
Am G
Ya know ol' Fred's gone and I'm kind of glad cause if he was here now, he'd sure be mad
F
cause ain't one of
G C
them pups looks anything like him.
[Chorus]
Am G F G F G
Ya Fred, you were a good dog, but ya never knew when to chase 'em or when to turn around
C
and run.
Am G F G F G C
Oh Fred, you were a good dog, but now yer flat out on the freeway and dryin' in the sun.
F G F G C
Flat out on the freeway and dryin' in the sun.
How to play Fred
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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