Old Yeller
Jerome Courtland
This is the theme song from the movie “Old Yeller”
I used a capo on the third fret to eliminate the G# and D#
in key change of the song. The song is in the key of D.
Capo 3rd fret
Intro: harmonizing a capella
Old Yeller
Old Yeller
Old Yeller
Chorus:
E
Here Yeller
B
Come back, Yeller
B F# B
Best doggone dog in the west
Verse:
B
Old Yeller was a mongrel
E
An ugly, lop-eared mongrel
B F#
Fancy free without a family tree
B
But he could up and do it
E
And prove there’s nothing to it
B F# B
And that’s how a good dog should be
Chorus
E
Here Yeller
B
Come back, Yeller
B F# B
Best doggone dog in the west
Verse:
B
Old Yeller was a hunter
E
A rearin’, tearin’ hunter
B F#
In any chase he knew just how to run
B
And when he hunted trouble
E
He always found it double
B F# B
And that’s when Old Yeller had fun
Chorus:
E
Here Yeller
B
Come back, Yeller
B F# B
Best doggone dog in the west
Key change (up a half-step)
Verse:
C
Old Yeller was a fighter
F
A rootin’, tootin’ fighter
C G
In any scr*p he knew just what to do
C
A rough and ready fellow
F
Although his coat was yellow
C G C
His bold Texas heart was true blue
Chorus :
F
Here Yeller
C
Come back, Yeller
C G C
Best doggone dog in the west
F
Here Yeller
C
Come back, Yeller
C G C
Best doggone dog in the west
C G C
Best doggone dog in the west
