I'VE GOT A TIGER BY THE TAIL    (Listen to sample)

 

 - - - - - - - - -   C                                          F

I've - got - a - tiger by the tail, it's plain to see,

    G                                                                C

I won't be much when you get through with me.

                                                                           F

I'm loosing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale,

         G                                         C

and looks like I got a tiger by the tail.

 

              C                                                    F

1. Well, every night you drag me where the    bright lights are found,

               G                                        C

    there ain't no way of slowin'  you down.

                                                     F

    I'm about as helpless as a     leaf in a gale,

             G                                              C

    and looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.      + CHORUS

 

          C                                                    F

2. I thought the day I met you, you were      meek as a lamb,

     G                                                     C

    just the kind to fit my dreams and plans.

                                                                            F

    Now the pace that we‘ve been livin' takes the    wind from the sails,

            G                                                        C

    and looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.   + CHORUS

 

    (Waylon Jennings)