The Teddy Bear Song (I think I hear Emmylou Harris on harmony)
written by Earl/Nixon
Album: "WWII"
11/19/05


CAPO I


INTRO: C

C                                            F
Well I wish I had button eyes and a red felt nose
G                                       C
Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of clothes
C                                        F
Sittin' on a shelf in a local department store
        G                                       C
With no dreams to dream and nothin' to be sorry for


CHORUS:
         C           F
I wish I was a teddy bear
              G                  C
No livin' nor lovin' nor goin' nowhere
         C           F
I wish I was a teddy bear
      C                     G                   C
And I wish that I never had fallen in love with you


I wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust mind
Then your memory wouldn't come around hurtin' all the time
With a sowed on smile and a painted twinkle in my eyes
Then I never would've ever had to learn how to cry


CHORUS


(KEY CHANGE)

  D                                                     G
I wish I had a string you could pull that would make me say
A                                       D
What you wanna hear from me to make you stay
        D                                      G
And I'd know every time I spoke the words were right
    A                                             D
And no one would know what a mess I've made of my life


CHORUS:
         D           G
I wish I was a teddy bear
               A               D
No livin' nor lovin' nor goin' nowhere
         D           G
I wish I was a teddy bear
      D                     A                   D
And I wish that I never had fallen in love with you


(repeat CHORUS and fade)