Teddy Bear Song Chords by Barbara Fairchild - AmChords

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Teddy Bear Song by Barbara Fairchild - Ver 2

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Intro
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Verse 1
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   I wish I had button eyes and a red felt nose     
 
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  Shaggy cotton skin and just one set of  clothes  
 
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  Sittin' on a shelf in a local department store       With 
 
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  No dreams to dream and nothing to be sorry for 
 
Chorus
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    I wish I was    a Teddy  Bear   not livin or lovin 
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  or goin' no-where.   I wish I   was   a teddy  bear. 
 
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    And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you.     I 
 
Verse 2
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  Wish I had a wooden heart and a sawdust mind.         Then your     
 
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  Mem'ry wouldn't come a-round hurtin' all the time.      I'd have    
 
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   a sewed-on smile and a painted twinkle in my eye           and I  
 
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  Never would've ever had to learn how to cry 
 
Chorus
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    I wish I was    a Teddy  Bear   not livin or lovin 
 
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  Nor goin' no-where.  I wish I   was   a teddy  bear. 
 
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    And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you.      
 
(Key change] 
 
Verse 3
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                 I wish I had a string you could pull to make me say 
 
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            Hi,I'm Teddy     ain't it a lovely  day            Then I'd  
 
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  know every time I  spoke the words  were right       and 
 
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  No one would know the mess I made of my life 
 
Chorus
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     I wish I was    a Teddy  Bear   not livin or lovin 
 
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  Nor goin' no-where.  I wish I   was   a teddy   bear. 
 
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    And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you.       
 
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    And I'm wishin' that I hadn't fallen in love with you.       
 
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