Intro: F  F/C    (F  Ab  Bb)  F

Bb
Ah, caught you smiling at me, that’s the way it should be
                             F
Like a leaf is to a tree, so fine
Bb
Ah, all the good times we had, I sang love songs so glad
                              F
Always smiling, never sad, so fine
G
   As we walk down a country lane, 
Bb                                              (F Ab Bb F) 
I’ll be singing a song, hear me calling your name
G                                                         
  Hear the wind whisper in the rtrees, 
Bb                                    (F  Ab  Bb F)
telling Mother Nature ‘bout you and me
Bb
Well if the sun shines so bright, 
or our way it’s darkest night
                                       F
The road we choose is always rught, so fine
Bb
Ah, can your love be so strong when so many loves go wrong 
                                F               (F Ab Bb F)
Will our love go on and on and on and on and on?
F                               Ab    Bb  F
My, my la de la, come on now it ain’t too far, 
tell all your friends all around the world,
                          Ab   Bb   F           
Ain’t no companion like a blue-eyed merle
G  Bb  (F  Ab  Bb  F)
G
Come on now well let me tell you
Bb                                   F
What you’re missing, missing ‘round them brick walls
(F  Ab  Bb  F)  F  F/C   
Bb
So of one thing I am sure, it’s a friendship so pure
                                     F
Angels singing all around my door so fine
Bb
Yeah, ain’t but one thing to do 
spend my nat’ral life with you,
                                 F 
You’re the finest dog I knew, so fine
G
  When you’re old and your eyes are dim,
                              Bb                                        (F Ab Bb F)
There ain’t no old shep gonna happen again
G                                      Bb
   We’ll still go walking down country lanes, 
                                           F
I’ll sing the same old songs, hear me call   your name
(F  Ab  Bb  F)