Patty Griffin - Wild Old Dog

wild old dog by patty griffin
album : american kid
track 4
2013

standard tuning
capo on the 6th fret

chords :

C : x32010
G : 320003 or 320033
Em : x22000
D : xx0232

intro : C G Em C

C G D C

C G
god is a wild old dog
Em C
someone left out on the highway
G
i seen him running by me
D G
he don’t belong to no one now

C G
we dropped him out on 93
D C
mange was setting in on his hips and on his knees
G
between the highways running north and south
D C
we pulled on over and we put him out

G
willie said he was old and going blind
D C
momma told me how she didn’t mind
G
when willie kicked him with his shoe
D C
he just climbed on in just like he knew

C G
god is a wild old dog
Em C
someone left out on the highway
G
i seen him running by me
D G
he don’t belong to no one now

C Em
it’s lonely on the highway
G D
sometimes a heart can turn to dust
C
get whittled down to nothing
Em
broken down and crushed
C
in with the bones of
D
wild old dogs
C
wild old dogs

C G Em C

C G D C

G
we dropped him out on 93
D C
tall grass was waving there just like the sea
G
he tore off running like we’d set him free
D C
just disappeared right in front of me

C G
god is a wild old dog
Em C
someone left out on the highway
G
i seen him running by me
D C
he don’t belong to no one now
D G
he don’t belong to no one now

G C G C G C G

end on G