[A][Bdim][A7][D][A7][D]

When [D]I was a [B7]lad, and old [E7]Shep was a pup, o'er [A7]hills and meadows [A+]we'd [D]roam,
just a boy and his [B7]dog, we were [E7]both full of fun, we [A]grew up [Bdim]to[A7]gether that [D]way.
I [D7]re[G]member [D7]the [Gm6]time at the [D]old swimming hole, when I would have [Adim]drowned beyond [A7]doubt,
[D]Shep was right [B7]there to the [E7]rescue he came, he [A7]jumped in [Bdim]and [A7]helped pull me [D]out.[Bdim][A7]

So the [D]years rolled a[B7]long and at [E7]last he grew old, his [A7]eyesight was fast gro[A+]wing [D]dim.
Then one day the [B7]doctor looked [E7]at me and said, I [A]can't do [Bdim]no [A7]more for him [D]Jim.
[D7]With a [G]hand that [D7]was [Gm6]trembling, I [D]picked up my gun, I aimed it at [Adim]Shep's faithful [A7]head.
I [D]just couldn't [B7]do it, I [E7]wanted to run, and I [A7]wished that [Bdim]they'd [A7]shoot me in[D]stead.[Bdim][A7]

I [D]went to his [B7]side and [E7]sat on the ground, he [A7]laid his head on [A+]my [D]knee,
I stroked the best [B7]pal that a [E7]man ever found, I [A]cried so [Bdim]I [A7]scarcely could [D]see.
[D7]Old [G]Sheppie [D7]he [Gm6]knew, he was [D]going to go, for he reached out and [Adim]licked at my [A7]hand.
He [D]looked up at [B7]me, just as [E7]much as to say, we're [A7]parting, [Bdim]but [A7]you under[D]stand.[Bdim][A7]

Now [D]old Shep is [A#7]gone, where the [A7]good doggies [D]go,
and no [Bm]more with old [E7]Shep will I [A7]roam.
But if [D]dogs have a [B7]heaven, there's [E7]one thing I know,
old [A]Shep has [Bdim]a [A7]won - [D]der - [A7]ful [D]home.