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- From: <Unknown> J Smith
- Subject: Re: REQ: Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Pony - pony.txt [1/1]
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- Actually, it's "If I had a Boat"! When I saw Lyle in concert last October
- (the same week he was on the cover of National Enquirer), I was surprised
- to see him play this song with the capo so far up the neck, like the 8th
- or 9th fret, but it sure made the playing of the song easier! Check it
- out -- in open 'G' fingering, capo on 7th, 8th or 9th fret:
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- IF I HAD A PONY -- Lyle Lovett
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- INTRO:
- G G C C/Bbass G
- (rake) (rake) (rake)
- e----------0-------------0------------------------------------0-----
- B--------3---3---------3---3--------------------------------3---3---
- G-------0-------------0-------------0---0----0---0---------0--------
- D------0-------------0----------------2--------2----------0---------
- A-----2-------------2------------3---------2-------------2----------
- E--3-------------3------------------------------------3-------------
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- G D G C G
- (rake)
- e----------0--------------------------------0------------
- B--------3---3---------3--------------0-----1--0------3--
- G-------0----------2-----2--------0-----0---0--0--0------ (close
- D------0-------------0-----0----------------2--0--------- enough)
- A-----2-------------------------------------3--2---------
- E--3-------------3--------------3---3----------3----3----
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- C C/Bbass G C C/Bbass G
- If I had a boat, I'd go out on the ocean
- C C/Bbass G C/Ebass D/F#bass
- And if I had a pony, I'd ride him on my boat (this first 'verse'
- C C/Bbass G C C/Bbass G turns out to be
- And we could all together, go out on the ocean the CHORUS)
- G D/F#bass G
- Just me upon my pony on my boat
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- G C C/Bbass G
- And if I were Roy Rogers, I'd sure enough be single
- G D/F#bass
- I couldn't bring myself to marryin' old Dale
- G C C/Bbass G
- It'd just be me & Trigger; we'd go ridin' through them movies
- G D/F#bass
- And we'd buy a boat and on the sea we'd sail
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- (CHORUS)
-
- Well, the mystery masked man was smart, he got himself a Tonto
- Cuz Tonto did the dirty work for free
- But Tonto, he was smarter, and one day said Kemosabe
- You can kiss my ass, I bought a boat, I'm headed out to sea
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- (CHORUS)
-
- (instrumental break)
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- And if I were like light'ning, I wouldn't need no sneakers
- Well, I'd come and go whenever I would please
- And I'd scare 'em by the shady tree, 'n scare 'em by the light pole
- But I would not scare my pony on my boat out on the sea
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- (CHORUS)
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- G D/F#bass G C G D G
- Just me upon my pony on my boat
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- J Smith
- Sunnyvale, CA
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