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D  G D  A D


[Verse 1]
       D                      G       D
Well a tom cat's sittin' on a bale of hay
                               D
And a bulldog a-sittin' on the ground
D                      G         D
I went and pinched the bulldog's tail
    D
And they went around and around and around
D          A          D
They went around and around


[Chorus]
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree


[Instrumental Break]
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D  G D  A D


[Verse 2]
       D                      G            D
Well I had an old cow and she slobbered so bad
D                         A    D
Spent all my money that I ever had
  D                                 G        D
I went and asked the doctor what to do about it
   D                              A          D
He said I'd have to teach the old cow how to spit
   D                              A          D
He said I'd have to teach the old cow how to spit


[Chorus]
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree


[Instrumental Break]
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D  G D  A D


[Verse 3]
  D                      G        D
A humpback man went to a football game
    D                       A         D
The game was called off on account of rain
    D                        G       D
The humpback went to get his quarter back
    D                                A          D
The fullback kicked the hump off the humpback's back
D                          A          D
He kicked the hump off the humpback's back


[Chorus]
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree


[Verse 4]
       D                 G       D
Well I just found out my hams so high
     D                  A           D
Only two hind legs on a hog that's flyin'
D                            G             D
Cross it with an octopus and ham will come down
D                         A        D
The hog in the middle and ham all around
D                     A        D
Hog in the middle and ham all around


[Chorus]
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree
         D                      G         D
It's the same old tale that the crow told me
D                      A        D
Way down yonder by the sycamore tree