Ol Dood Part I

D D D D D G D One and all have heard the stories and eyewitness had been sworn D A About a man born in Hard Burly back in June of '29 D G D Must've got that Martin Meylin muzzle the day he was born D Things he could do with that rifle D A D Blow the balls off a bat, reload and shoot it one more time D G D Had an monster of a mule, was a mighty fine steed D A Sham, and Sam, that tomahawk, and that Flintlocks all he need D G D Finding food and finding trouble and always takin' heed A D And any man that crossed him was surely gonna bleed D A D And he'd stretch you up and burn you for callin' him half breed G D Left the varnish off his words, feared no beast nor man D A Didn't wanna end up in his debt 'cause it'd damn sure get paid D G D He was harder than the nails hammered Jesus' hands D He was the one they called Dood D A D Son of a mountain miner and a Shawnee maiden D D D D D D G D Wore a size 17 ring, had hands like a bear D A And if he got 'em on ya, he's takin' that top hair D G D His Grandfather taught him how to hunt and how to live off the land D A D Taught him how to take a scalp when you k**l a man D G D He was a deadly warrin' daddy with a gun gleam in his eye D A Till he found him a good woman that calmed down the rage D G D He built a home from the land with the hands the good Lord gave him D And ol' Dood got his own food D A D Had no need for the script that ol' coal company paid G D Left the varnish off his words, feared no beast nor man A And if either came upon him, they'd damn sure get slayed D G D He was harder than the nails hammered Jesus' hands D He was the one they called Dood D A D Son of a mountain miner and a Shawnee maiden D D A D D D D Son of a mountain miner and a Shaaaaaaaawnee maiden