C                  F
I'M GONNA SHINE UP MY BOOTS, PICK UP MY BEST HAT, 
C                       F
GOIN' TO A PLACE CALLED THE \"OLD BRIAR PATCH\"  
C                  F
GONNA GET LOOSE, AND I'M GONNA HAVE FUN, 
C                      G
GONNA GO HUNTIN' BUT I WON'T NEED A GUN, NOW 
 
G  F  C    G  F  C   


                           VERSE 1C G
WELL, THE SEASONS ALWAYS OPEN AND THERE AIN'T NO LIMIT YOU SEE 
                           C
AND THEY CAN BE MORE CHALLENGING THAN A ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP 
 
I HAVE HUNTED THEM FOUR LEGGED DEER,  
                F
BUT THE TWO LEGGED ARE A LOT MORE FUN 
             C     G          C
I'M GONNA GO HUNTIN TONIGHT, LORD BUT I AIN'T TAKIN NO GUN 
     F             C
HEY THE KIND OF GAME I'M LOOKING FOR IS NOT THAT HARD TO SNARE 
F                 Dm        G
BUT THEY CAN BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN A BIG OLD GRIZZLY BEAR 
    C   F  C  F     C             F
THEY GOT LONG CLAWS, LONG LEGS, AND A SKIN ALREADY TANNED IN THE SUN 
             C     G          C
I'M GONNA GO HUNTING TONIGHT, LORD AND I AINT TAKING NO GUN  
VERSE 2
 
BIG OLD BEAUTIFUL WILDCAT, THEY'RE THE KIND THAT ARE HARD TO TRACK 
THE JOINT IS CRAWLIN' WITH THE OTHER HUNTERS, AND THE SHE CATS ARE DOUBLIN' IN 
NOW IS THE TIME FOR PATIENCE, DON'T FIRE ON THE FIRST ONE 
DON'T WAST YOUR POWDER ON A LITTLE BITTY BABY, GET A FULL GROWN WO WO WO MAN 
            C     G          C
I'M GONNA GO HUNTIN TONIGHT, LORD BUT I AIN'T TAKIN NO GUN 
     F               C
HEY THE KIND OF GAME I'M TALKIN' BOUT' IS NOT THAT HARD TO SNARE 
F                 Dm        G
BUT THEY CAN BE MORE DANGEROUS THAN A BIG OLD GRIZZLY BEAR 
    C   F  C  F     C             F
THEY GOT LONG CLAWS, LONG LEGS, AND A SKIN ALREADY TANNED IN THE SUN 
             C     G          C
I'M GONNA GO HUNTING TONIGHT, LORD AND I AINT TAKING NO GUN