Submitted By:  Michelle Sherman
Subject:  The Teddy Bear Song
Sung by:  Barbara Fairchild



THE TEDDY BEAR SONG


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I WISH I WAS A TEDDY BEAR
                           D                           A7
NOT LIVIN' OR LOVIN' OR GOIN' NO WHERE
               D                     G
I WISH I WAS A TEDDY BEAR
             D                                  A7
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AND A WISHIN' THAT I HADN'T FALLEN IN LOVE WITH YOU


    D                                                                      G
I WISH I HAD BUTTON EYES AND A RED FELT NOSE
A7                                                                           D
SHAGGY COTTON SKIN AND JUST ONE SET OF CLOTHES
                                                                            G
SITTIN ON A SHELF IN A LOCAL DEPARTMENT STORE
          A7
D
WITH NO DREAMS TO DREAM AND NOTHIN' TO BE SORRY FOR

(REPEAT VERSE 1)

    D
G 
I WISH I HAD A WOODEN HEART AND A SEWED ON SMILE
                       A7
D
THEN YOUR MEM'RY WOULDN'T COME AROUND HURTIN' ALL THE TIME
                                                                              
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I'D HAVE A SEWED ON SMILE AND A PAINTED TWINKLE IN MY EYE
                 A7
D   
AND I'D NEVER WOULD OF EVER HAD TO LEARN HOW TO CRY

(REPEAT VERSE1)

    D
G
I WISH I HAD A STRING YOU COULD PULL TO MAKE ME SAY
A7                                                   D 
"HI" I'M TEDDY, AIN'T IT A LOVELY DAY
                                                                              
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THEN I'D KNOW EVERY TIME I SPOKE THE WORDS WOULD RHYME
         A7
D
AND NO ONE WOULD KNOW THE MESS I'VE MADE OF MY LIFE

(REPEAT VERSE 1)