G5 A5 Back when Cattle Creek used to sing C5 G5 Its waters were sweet and its banks were green A5 D5 G5 And sunny days went on forever G5 A5 Me and ol' Bugler we went wild C5 G5 A blue tick hound and redneck child A5 D5 G5 We thought we were birds of a feather G5 A5 Ah the fish would bite, my how they'd fight C5 G5 We'd catch them possums in the pale moonlight A5 D5 G5 For Nola, just to please her G5 A5 Bugler's voice like Gabriel's horn C5 G5 Up in the cypress and down through the corn A5 D5 G5 Golden sounds, yes to treasure G5 A5 Bugler, Bugler, bless your hide C5 G5 Jesus gonna take you for a chariot ride A5 D5 G5 Say goodbye, say goodbye G5 A5 One day Nola, she brought the news, she said, C5 G5 I hear young Bugler's done paid his dues, A5 D5 G5 He's been hit down, yes on that highway G5 A5 Dry your eyes and stand up straight C5 G5 Bugler's got a place at the pearly gates A5 D5 G5 Say goodbye sugar, ah, say goodbye G5 A5 Bugler, Bugler, bless your hide C5 G5 Jesus gonna take you for a chariot ride A5 D5 G5 Say goodbye, say goodbye