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Lonely Goatherd - Sound of Music
Intro: [C]

Verse 1:
C                      
 High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
G7                               C
 layhee odel layhee odel lay hee  hoo!
C
 Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
G7                        C
 Layhee odel lay hee odel  ooo

Verse 2:
C
 Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
G7                               C
 layhee odel layhee odel lay hee  hoo!
C
 Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
G7                        C
 Layhee odel lay hee odel  ooo

Refrain:
G7      C             G7        C
 Oh hey  ukulele lady  oh hey    lay hee hoo
G7      C             D7               G7
 Oh hey  ukulele lady  ukulele lay hee  hoo (woah!!)

Verse 3:
C
 A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
G7                               C
 Layhee odel layhee odel lay hee  hoo!
C
 Men on a road with a load to tote heard
G7                       C
 Layhee odel layhee odel  ooo

Verse 4:
C
 Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
G7                               C
 Layhee odel layhee odel lay hee  hoo!
C
 Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
G7                       C
 Layhee odel layhee odel  ooo

Refrain Instrumental:
(G7) (C) (G7) (C) (G7) (C) (D7) (G7) Woah!

Verse 5:
C
 One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
G7                             C
 Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee  hoo!
C
 She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
G7                      C
 Lay ee odl lay ee odel  ooo

Verse 6:
C
 Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
G7
 Layhee odel layhee odel lay hee [C] hoo!
C
 What a duet for a girl and goatherd
G7                      C
 Lay ee odl lay ee odel  ooo

|[Chorus] x2
|G7
| Odel layhee (odel layhee!)
|Am
| Odel lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee!)
|G7
| Odel lay hee (odl lay ee!)
|C
| Odel lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee!)

Verse 7:
C
 Happy are they, lady oh lady leeoo 
G7                     C
 Aww lady aww lady aww  hee hoo 
C
 Soon the duet would become a trio
G7                   C
 Lady odel lady odel  oooo

|[Chorus] x2   + WOAH!!

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