Monkees - Gonna Buy Me A Dog

gonna buy me a dog : the monkees .
album – the monkees – #1 on A# hot 200
on colgems records in 1966 .
( the song is mostly them screwing around . .
but the song got a lot of air time in
some areas . . plus , it was a request . )

intro : B A E

#1 .
E
you know my girl just called me up . . and she
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woke me from my sleep .
E
you should have heard the things she said . .
E
you know she hurt my feelings deep .
A
i’m going to buy me a dog .

chorus : ad lib :
A E
a dog? . . a dog . . why? why? cause i need a friend now .

( babe , you need all the friends you can get , i’m

telling you . )
E A
i’m gonna buy me a dog . . my girl , my girl don’t love
B
me , no how . . ( don’t ruin my song , man . . it’s the only

song i have!
the song was already ruined before it was wrote . )

#2 .
E
she used to bring my newspaper . . ( you don’t even know

where it’s at! )
E
cause she knew where it was at . . she used to keep me
A E
so contented . . but i can teach a dog to do that!

chorus : ad lib :
E A
i’m gonna buy me a dog!
( you can’t teach dogs to do that , you can only train
elephants . )
A E
cause i need a friend now . . ( i need a friend now , now ,
yeah . )
E A
i’m gonna buy me a dog . .
( a dog , here rover , fido , spot . . )
B
my girl , my girl don’t love me , no how .

( 1 , 2 , 3 . . 1234567 . . hike!hike!hike!
i was late on that one . )
i just got back from africa , ya know , i was playing cards
with the natives . . oh , zulus? . . no , i usually won , ha – ha .
i wish i had a glass of water . . why , are you thirsty?
no , i want to see if my neck leaks .
i’d buy a raccoon but john already has one . . $35 bucks .
where do i come in? here?

chorus : ad lib :
E A
i’m gonna buy me a dog . . ( dog . . a dog , umm yeah . )
E
cause i need a friend , now . . ( yeah , yeah . . bop – bop – she – bop – bop –
rama – lama – . )
E A B
i’m gonna buy me a dog . . my girl , my girl don’t love me , no how .
( how – how – how now , brown cow?
( i think i’m gonna buy me a dog , yes sir . . i’m gonna buy me
a dog . if i was looking for a word to describe what i’m gonna buy
i think dog would be the word . would it be dog? it would be dog .
definitely dog .
it would come springing from my lips , dog . . boing , boing boing .
it would be springing! is that it , tommy?can you turn it off please?
can somebody open the door and let us out?
they’re coming to take us away! ha – ha , he – he , ho – ho . ) ( fade . )

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .