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Version 1
Verses 1-8 Refrain Last Verse and Outro
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F x3321x C x3201x F# x4432x
C7 x3231x F x3321x C#7 x4342x
C x3201x C7 x3231x C# x32x2x
Bb x1333x Bb/C x3033x B x2444x
C/G 33201x
G 32000x
[Verse 1]
F C7 F
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
C Bb F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl, lay-ee-oo
F C7 F
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
C F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-oo
[Verse 2]
F C7 F
Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
C Bb F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl, lay-ee-oo
F C7 F
Lusty and clear from the goatherd's throat heard
C F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-oo
[Refrain]
C F C C7 F
O-ho, laydee-o-dl-lee-o, o-ho, laydee-o-dl-lay
C F Bb/C F C/G G C
O-ho, laydee-o-dl-lee-o, laydee-o-dl-ee o-lay
[Verse 3]
F C7 F
A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
C Bb F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl, lay-ee-oo
F C7 F
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
C F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-oo
[Verse 4]
F C7 F
Men in the midst of a table d'hote heard
C Bb F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl, lay-ee-oo
F C7 F
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
C F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-oo
[Verse 5]
F C7 F
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
C Bb F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl, lay-ee-oo
F C7 F
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
C F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-oo
[Verse 6]
F C7 F
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard
C Bb F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl, lay-ee-oo
F C7 F
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
C F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-oo
[Interlude]
C C F F F F F F
C C7 F F F F F
C C F F F F Bb/C F
C/G C/G C/G C/G C/G G C
F C7 F C Bb F
F C7 F C F
[Refrain]
C
Hmm-hm-hmm-hmmmm (hmm-hm-hmm-hmmmm)
F
O-dl-layee (o-dl-layee)
C
O-dl-lay-hee-hee (o-dl-lay-hee-hee)
F
O-dl-layee
C F
Ah-ah-ah-ah, laydee-o-dl-lay-o
C F
Oh-oh, laydee-o-dl-lay
C F
Ah-ah-ah-ah, laydee-o-dl-lay-o
C/G G C
Laydee-o-dl-lay, o-lay
[Verse 7]
F C7 F
One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
C Bb F
Laydee-o-dl, laydee-o-dl, lay-woo-woo
F C7 F
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
C F
Laydee-o-dl, laydee-o-dl-oo
[Verse 8]
F C7 F
Soon her mama with a gleaming gloat heard
C Bb F
Laydee-o-dl, laydee-o-dl, lay-hmm-mmm
F C7 F
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
C F
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-oo
[Verse 9 – key change]
F# C#7 F#
Happy are they laydee-o laydee-lee-o
C# B F#
O-laydee-o, laydee laydee-o
F# C#7 F#
Soon the duet will become a trio
C# F#
Laydee-o-dl, laydee-o-dl-oo
[Outro]
C#7
O-dl-lay-ee
F#
O-dl-lay-ee (o-dl-lay-ee)
C#7
O-dl-lay-hee-hee (o-dl-lay-hee-hee)
F#
O-dl-lay-ee
C#7
O-dl-lay o-dl-lay (o-dl-lay, o-dl-lay)
F#
O-dl-lay o-dl-lay (o-dl-lay, o-dl-lay)
C#7
O-dl-lay o-dl-lay (o-dl-lay, o-dl-lay)
F#
Layee-o-dl, layee-o-dl-lay
F#
Woah!