OWENS BUCK

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From TPLBA@aol.com Tue Jun 28 16:35 CDT 1994
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From: TPLBA@aol.com
To: guitar@nevada.edu
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 17:35:25 EDT
Subject: Owens, Buck: I've Got A Tiger By The Tail

I found this in a misc. file, but it probably should be in a Buck Owens file.
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I've Got A Tiger By The Tail 
Buck Owens, Harlan Howard
 
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   I've Got A      Ti - ger By The  Tail, it's plain to  see;____________
 
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____           I won't be much when   you get thru' with   me.
 
|Bb7           |Eb                   |Eb7            |Ab                 |
     Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________
 
|              |Bb7                  |                 |Eb            Ab |
 _____          Looks like I've Got A  Ti - ger By The  Tail.____________
 
 
|Eb             |                  |Eb7               |Ab          |        |
 ____    Well, I thought the day I  met you, you were     meek as a lamb;
             
             
|Bb7              |                  |Eb              |Bb7                |
 Just the kind to  fit my dreams and  plans.                         But
 
|Eb                  |Eb7             |Ab             |Ab              |
 now, the pace we're  livin' takes the   wind from my  sail    And it
 
|Bb7                   |                 |Eb             |               |
 looks like I've Got A   Ti - ger  By The Tail.__________
 
|                ||Eb              |Eb7                | Ab              |
 __   I've Got A   Ti - ger By The  Tail, it's plain to  see;____________
 
|               |Bb7                |                    |Eb             |
____           I won't be much when   you get thru' with   me.
 
|Bb7           |Eb                   |Eb7            |Ab                 |
     Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________
 
|              |Bb7                  |                 |Eb            Ab |
 _____          Looks like I've Got A  Ti - ger By The  Tail.____________
 
|Eb             |                  |Eb7               |Ab                  |
 ____      Well, ev-'ry night you   drag me where the     bright lights are  
             
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 found;          There ain't no    way to  slow you   down
 
|Bb7            |Eb              |Eb7           |Ab             |Ab
          |
                 I'm  a-bout  as  helpless as a      leaf in a   gale;  And
it
 
|Bb7                   |                 |Eb             |                 |
 looks like I've Got A   Ti - ger  By The Tail._____________   I've Got A  
 
||Eb              |Eb7                | Ab              |
  Ti - ger By The  Tail, it's plain to  see;____________
 
|               |Bb7                |                    |Eb             |
____           I won't be much when   you get thru' with   me.
 
|Bb7           |Eb                   |Eb7            |Ab                 |
     Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________
 
|              |Bb7                  |                 |Eb            Ab |
 _____          Looks like I've Got A  Ti - ger By The  Tail.____________