The Huntins Over For Tonight

A* Charlie hollered: D A E "Come on boys, get out of here, I've just seen an awful sight!" A D Put out the fire, and call in the dogs E A The huntin's over for tonight" A One bright night, way last fall A E Charlie and a coupla the friends A Come by the house and say get your dogs A D A Let's go a-huntin' again A Get my dogs, well I reckon so A E I called out Bob and Bill A We'll build a fire at the edge of the woods A D A They'll strike at the bottom of the hill A We was warmin' our hands, and tellin' tales A E When heck broke loose in the holler A Ole Bob's got a coon as big as a mule D A I'll bet anybody a dollar A When I got to the tree, I shined a light A E It was awful dark up there A D A When the light hit the limb where the coon oughta be E A There sat a big Grizzly Bear A Charlie hollered: D A E "Come on boys, get out of here, I've just seen an awful sight!" A D Put out the fire, and call in the dogs E A The huntin's over for tonight" D A E A D A A Old Bob and Bill treed one night A E As we sat by the fire a-talkin' A Charlie said boys thats sure a coon A D A C'mon lets get to walkin' A The dogs were treed in a big white oak A E When I got there with a lantern A Charlie come along with his old shotgun A D A It must've been big as a cannon A He spied the coon and powdered his gun A E I guess it was heavy loaded A With a roar of the old gun belched a flame A D A To tell you the truth it exploded A The barrel went right A The stock went left A E It tore the woods asunder A D A It kicked old Charlie in the middle of the creek E A With a boom that was worse than thunder A* Charlie hollered: D A E "Come on boys, get out of here, this gun's not a-shootin' right!" A D Put out the fire, and call in the dogs E A The huntin's over for tonight" D A E A D A A We were sittin' one night in Johnson's wood A E Whittlin' with our knives A Tellin' tales and braggin' some A D A We got to discussin' our wives A "I tell me wife just what to do!" A E Charlie said with pride A "I wear the britches around my house!" A D A Of course, we knew he lied A "My wife she knows that I'm the boss" A E A noise in the leaves back there A Made us all turn around there was Charlie's wife A D A So mad she was tearin' her hair A She grabbed a sapling and made one "Warp!" A E And off went Charlie's ear A D A We'd broke and run with Charlie in the lead E A She was worse than a Grizzly Bear A* Charlie hollered: D A E "Come on boys, get out of here, there's gonna be an awful fight!" A D Put out the fire, and call in the dogs E A The huntin's over for tonight A D Put out the fire, and call in the dogs E A* The huntin's over for tonight"