I’ve got a tiger by the tail    (video)    (midi)

 

  - - - - - -  D                                          G

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

     A                                                               D      - A

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

                  D                                                         G

Well, I'm a losing weight and I'm turning mighty pale,

  A                                               D

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

 

                   D                                           - G

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

     A                                                     D        - A

    just the kind to fit my dreams and plans.

       D                                                    - G

    Now the pace we're living takes the         wind from my sails,

               A                                               D

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

 

+  CHORUS       + instrumental = CHORUS

 

              D                                                     - G

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

A                                                    D       - A

    there ain't no way to slow you down.

     D                                       - G

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

                A                                              D

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

 

+  CHORUS

 

+  G - D    - G - D   - G - D - G - D

 

(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = capo 3rd)    (Buck Owens)