I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Play Along)

I've Got A Tiger By The Tail / Buck Owens

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of E) so you can ...

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I've Got A Tiger By The Tail


I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see
 -4  5* -5* 6  6  6  6   6     3*   -3   -4  4*
            7* 7* 7* 7*  7*    6     6    6  6

I won't be much when you get through with me
5* -5* -5* -5*  -5*  -5*  6   -5*     5*  -4
6  -6* -6* -6*  -6*  -6* -6*  -6*     6    6

Well I'm a-losing weight and a-turning mighty pale
 -4  4* -4  6  6    6     6 -4  6  3*  -3 -4   4*
  6 -6*     7* 7*   7*    7* 6  7* 6    6  5*  6

Looks like I've got  a  tiger  by  the tail
 -4   -4   -4   -4  -3   4 -3   3* -2*  2
 -5*  -5*  -5*  -5* -5* -5* 5* -4  -3   3*


Well I thought the day I met you, you were meek as a lamb
 5* -5*   6     6   6 -6* 6   3*  -3   -4   5*  5* 6  5*

Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans
 -5* -5* -5* -5* -5* 6   -5*    5* 5* -4

Now the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my sails
 6   5*   6    -6*  6  3*  -3   -4   5*   5*   6   5*

And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
 3* -3  -4    -4   -4  -4 -3  4 -3  2  2   2


I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see
 -4  5* -5* 6  6  6  6   6     3*   -3   -4  4*
            7* 7* 7* 7*  7*    6     6    6  6

I won't be much when you get through with me
5* -5* -5* -5*  -5*  -5*  6   -5*     5*  -4
6  -6* -6* -6*  -6*  -6* -6*  -6*     6    6

Well I'm a-losing weight and a-turning mighty pale
 -4  4* -4  6  6    6     6 -4  6  3*  -3 -4   4*
  6 -6*     7* 7*   7*    7* 6  7* 6    6  5*  6

Looks like I've got  a  tiger  by  the tail
 -4   -4   -4   -4  -3   4 -3   3* -2*  2
 -5*  -5*  -5*  -5* -5* -5* 5* -4  -3   3*


Well every night you drag me where the bright lights are found
 -5*  6  6   6   -6*   6  3*  -3   -4    5*     5*    6    5*
 
There ain't no way to slow you down
 -5*  -5*   5* -5*  6  -5*  5* -4

I'm about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
 6  5* 6 -6*  6   3* -3 -4  5*  5* 6  5*

And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
 3* -3  -4    -4   -4  -4 -3  4 -3 -2  -2  -2


I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see
 -4  5* -5* 6  6  6  6   6     3*   -3   -4  4*
            7* 7* 7* 7*  7*    6     6    6  6

I won't be much when you get through with me
5* -5* -5* -5*  -5*  -5*  6   -5*     5*  -4
6  -6* -6* -6*  -6*  -6* -6*  -6*     6    6

Well I'm a-losing weight and a-turning mighty pale
 -4  4* -4  6  6    6     6 -4  6  3*  -3 -4   4*
  6 -6*     7* 7*   7*    7* 6  7* 6    6  5*  6

Looks like I've got  a  tiger  by  the tail
 -4   -4   -4   -4  -3   4 -3   3* -2*  2
 -5*  -5*  -5*  -5* -5* -5* 5* -4  -3   3*


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