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

The Byrds Columbia Records