Tiger By The Tail

I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
Buck Owens, Harlan Howard

CHORUS:
 
             G                              C
I've got a tiger by the tail it's plain to see
   D7                                     G    D7
I won't be much when you get through with me
             G                                   C
Well I'm a losing weight and I'm turning mighty pale
  D7                                G
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.
 
 
VERSE 1:
 
          G                                C
Well I thought the day I met you, you were meek as a lamb
  D7                                G     D7
Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans
 G                                  C
Now the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my sails,
         D7                                 G
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
 
 
REPEAT CHORUS
 
 
GUITAR SOLO:
 
G C D7 G // G C D7 G D7 G
 
 
VERSE 2:
 
      G                                C
Well every night you drag me where the bright lights're found
 D7                              G   D7
There ain't no way to slow you down
 G                             C
I'm as 'bout as helpless as a leaf in a gale,
        D7                                  G
and it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail
 
 
REPEAT CHORUS