From the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2007 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)
Notes:
In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This song is a conversation between Mal (a stray dog) and Jake (a young dog with a crush on a squirrel).
This one also has a proper lead sheet.
Lyrics:
Mal:
Hey Jake, don't get it wrong
Your attraction, that's not love
You’re a hunter, and squirrels are meant to be caught
Don’t give a thought to how she’ll suffer
Jake:
OK, maybe you're right; it's not true puppy love
Maybe this craving's for the hunt instead
Mal:
Yes Jake, you are a dog
Who lives and eats and breathes
You should be hunting like a real live dog
Do you dare to fetch your meal rare?
Jake:
Hey little squirrel look out here I come
I think I got a deep down hunger for my teeth in your bones
I’m coming to your home
You’re so beautifully fluffy and seeing you’s making me jones
I can’t tell if it’s blood or it’s love that’s making me crazy
You’re so fluffy...
Chords:
INTRO: | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7 | VERSE: | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | E7 | A | A7 | CHORUS: | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | G | A7 | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7 | VERSE: | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | | A | A/C# | D | D/F# | E7 | A | A7 | CHORUS: | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | G | A7 | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7 | Switch to 6/8 | E7 | E7 | ENDING: | Am Am/G# |Am/G Am/F# | F | E7 | (4x) | Em Em/D# |Em/D Em/C# | C | B7 | (8x)
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