Ive Got A Tiger By The Tail

I found this in a misc. file, but it probably should be in a Buck Owens file.

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I've Got A Tiger By The Tail

Buck Owens, Harlan Howard

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I've Got A Ti - ger By The Tail, it's plain to see;____________

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

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Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________

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_____ Looks like I've Got A Ti - ger By The Tail.____________

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____ Well, I thought the day I met you, you were meek as a lamb;

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Just the kind to fit my dreams and plans. But

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now, the pace we're livin' takes the wind from my sail And it

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looks like I've Got A Ti - ger By The Tail.__________

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__ I've Got A Ti - ger By The Tail, it's plain to see;____________

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

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Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________

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_____ Looks like I've Got A Ti - ger By The Tail.____________

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____ Well, ev-'ry night you drag me where the bright lights are

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found; There ain't no way to slow you down

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I'm a-bout as helpless as a leaf in a gale; And

it

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looks like I've Got A Ti - ger By The Tail._____________ I've Got A

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Ti - ger By The Tail, it's plain to see;____________

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

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Well,I'm a-los-ing weight and a - turnin' mighty pale.______________

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_____ Looks like I've Got A Ti - ger By The Tail.____________