Crash Test Dummies - Im A Dog

crash test dummies i’m a dog”

F C G5 Am
i’m a dog , and i can smell your smell right through your clothes
F G C F
and i espouse some views that you yourself just might not hold
C G C
sometimes i Am given pause to think when
F Am
i consider what we could call the good life

F C G5 Am
when it comes to the city versus the country life
F G C F
well , i must say that i far prefer a farmer’s wife
C G5 C
breakfast with the master in the morning
F Am
feel the breeze and brush against a cow’s leg – mmm!

G Dm G
but it seems the thinkers you call greatest are
Dm A# F
the sort who often fall ill young , or pine away
A# F G
how can they help but drag the species down?

F G C Am
there’s some debate about whether instincts should be held in check
F G C F
well , i suppose that i’m a liberal in this respect
C Dm C
i can’t say i liked robinson crusoe
F Am
but at least he didn’t tie his dogs up at night

G Dm G
and it seems the thinkers you call greatest are
Dm A# F
the sort who often fall ill young , or pine away
A# F G
how can they help but drag the species down?

solo

F G5 C Am
how come all your poets fall into despondencies?
F G C F
and then write it down for us to read every indignity?
C Dm C
not such worthy specimens , these creatures
F Am
hardly fit for what you could call the good life

G Dm G
and it seems the thinkers you call greatest are
Dm A# F
the sort who often fall ill young , or pine away
A# F G
how can they help but drag the species down?
A# F G F G F G F G
how can they help but drag the species down