The Higher Education Of Ole Blue - Ray Stevens Chords
Chords: Album:, C, G7, F, G, D7, C7, Am
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Genre: country, folk, pop
The Higher Education of Ole Blue
written by C.W. Kalb, Jr.
Album: "Classic Ray Stevens"
[Intro]
C G7 F C
[Verse]
C
Well my daddy was a backwoods self-made type
F
Never went to school, couldn't read nor write
C G7
But made a fortune sellin' hogs, and was suspicious of education
C
So when I told him I was goin' off to scool
F
He said "well you listen to me you dumb cityfied fool
C G7 C
So don't expect no help from me son, and no financial remineration"
G C
Now my dad was tight but he loved his dogs, that's true
D7 G
Yeah and his favorite of the pack was called Ole Blue
C
So I called my dad when I got to college
F
I said "Dad I know you don't think much of human knowledge
C G7
But they got a course down here where they can teach dogs to speak, yeah
C
Now I don't mean speak like bark for a bone
F
Nah they say these dogs can carry on
C G7 C
An intelligent conversation and some even go on to teach, yeah
G C
And when I heard of that course of course I thought of you
D7 G
And how great it'd be for you to sit and talk to Ole Blue"
C
Well the line fell silent and I thought all was lost
F
But he finally spoke up said "what's that cost?"
C G7
I said "Dad it's a bargain at five thousand per semester"
C
Well he didn't balk and he didn't complain
F
'n Ole Blue showed up on the very next train
C G7 C
And that's how my dad became the priority investor
[Chorus]
C F C
In the higher education of Ole Blue
D7 G
A story that if it's not at all to be true
C7 F
About a fiscal windfall situation of my very own creation
C Am C G C
The inspiration that I call the education of Ole Blue
C
And the money just kept on rollin' in, ha ha ha
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