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                               "Bird Dog"
                           (Boudleaux Bryant)

Intro:

	        
	/ / / /  ////

  [

Verse 1:

	 
	Johnny, he's 

a joker (he's 

a bird)
	A very funny joker (he's a bird)
	     
	But when he j

okes my honey 

(he's a dog)
	     
	His jokin' ai

n't so funny (

what a dog)
	           
	Johnny is a j

              
oker that's a-

 
tryin' to stea

l my baby
	            
	(He's a bird 

            [  
dog)

Verse 2:

	Johnny sings a love song (like a bird)
	He sings the sweetest love song (you ever heard)
	But when he sings to my gal (what a howl)
	To me he's just a wolf dog (on the prowl)
	Johnny wants to fly away and puppy-love my baby
	(He's a bird dog)

Bridge:

	 
	Hey, Bird Dog

, get away fro

m my quail
	 
	Hey, Bird Dog

, you're on th

e wrong trail
	           
	Bird Dog you 

              
better leave m

             
y lovey-dove a

 
lone
	 
	Hey, Bird Dog

, get away fro

m my chick
	 
	Hey, Bird Dog

, you better g

et away quick
	           
	Bird Dog, you

              
 better find a

             
 Chicken Littl

           
e of your own

	[repeat intro]

Verse 3:

	Johnny kissed the teacher (he's a bird)
	He tiptoed up to reach her (he's a bird)
	Well, he's the teacher's pet now (he's a dog)
	What he wants he can get now (what a dog)
	He even made the teacher let him sit next to my baby
	(He's a bird dog)

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro; fade]


-- another ace 50's tab from Andrew Rogers