Chords for Dr. John - How Come My Dogs Don't Bark

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Dr. John - How Come My Dogs Don't Bark chords
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[C] [Eb]
[Bbm] [Gm] [Eb]
[D] [Gm] [F] [E]
[Eb] [Dm]
[Gbm] [Gm] I ain't [C] say it never met my [E] wife, you ain't [Eb] never seen her [D] before.
[G] [F] Me and her hang around [E] like crippled buddies or something, [Bb] I want to [Gm] know.
[Bb] I want to know what [C] in the world's going down.
[Eb] [D] How [Bb] come my dog don't bark [G] when you come around?
You [F] got the baddest [E] dog here by [Eb] anybody.
[D] [Gm] My [E] brother, you can chunk out my [D] brother.
[Gm] [F] You been to hell [C] man, seen everything.
[Eb] [Dm] [G] Next [F] look at you, he want to jump up [Bb] and push.
[Gm] [F] I ain't got [E] a crippled buddy to watch him put [Eb] down.
[N] How come my dog don't bark when you come [D] around?
[F] My dog is [E] dangerous, try [Eb] to send people straight.
[D] [Gm] [Gb] My mother went and banged her [G] upside, she hung it on [Ab] the gate.
[Gm] Yeah, [F] you come trippin' [C] around the corner of the [Eb] line.
[Gm] Pulling that nice trade [Gb] wine, trying to slide past [D] my sign.
[G] How come [F] my dog not [E] know, can't tell [Eb] you no [D] kind of [Gm] sign.
That's my [Bb] dog when I come home, he gonna sleep [D] that sound.
[Gm] [C] I want to know what [E] the hell is going down.
[Eb] How [D] come my [Ab] dog don't bark when you come [Gm] around?
[F] [E]
[Eb] [Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F] [E] [Eb]
[Gm] [Bb] [G]
[Gm] [Bb] Baby, [C]
[Eb] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [G] [C]
[D] [C] [Bb]
[Gm] I better [C] call up your COVID [G] [D] miles.
[Gm] [D] You can take the fifth amendment that [Gm] is.
Better [Fm] stand up for your [C] rights, cause you ain't gonna be [Eb] standing [D] too [Gm] long.
[Dm] First thing I'm gonna do is [E] cut out all this shit.
[D] [G] I'm [F] gonna shoot that [C] dog down.
[Bbm] [Gm] Then I'm gonna get busy [E] mutilating, [C] strangulating, [Gm] [F] cremating, [E] operating.
[Bbm] On [D] my old [Gm] man down at the cremation stage.
[E]
[D] Then I'm gonna toss that [F] tooth bud.
[C] And you [Eb] better know [Gm] I'm coming directly after you.
[D] Now you [Gm] can give your heart [F] and soul to [E] chaffin'.
[Eb] But [D] you better [Gm] know all the rest gonna belong to me.
I'm gonna straighten [C] out that F-Officer [Em] fly shot.
[Eb] [Bb] [Gm] And the one in pearl hat, [E]
cussable, [D] stainless [Gm] steel.
Both lids [C] on the same [Bbm] side.
[D] [Gm] So when I cut you once, you gonna [Eb] bleed twice.
[D] [Gm] [Bb] If you don't [E] believe me, shake your [Eb] head.
[D] Singing about how [F] I, [E]
[G] I ain't got [C] nobody yet.
[E]
[Gm] The one that I did me a little bit, that double [E] O-Zip, FBI [Eb] type.
[D] [Gm] You a [Bb] mole lady thought I was [C] gone, but [Dm] I wasn't gone.
That's when I decided I had to separate [Eb] from the crowd.
[D] And the [Bb] only sound you could hear when [C] you're six [Eb] feet in the ground.
[Db] How come my dog [C] don't bark when [Gb] you come [N] around?
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[Bbm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ [Gm] I ain't [C] say it never met my [E] wife, you ain't [Eb] never seen her [D] before.
[G] _ [F] Me and her hang around [E] like crippled buddies or something, [Bb] I want to [Gm] know.
[Bb] I want to know what [C] in the world's going down.
[Eb] _ _ [D] How [Bb] come my dog don't bark [G] when you come around?
You [F] got the baddest [E] dog here by [Eb] anybody.
[D] _ [Gm] _ My [E] brother, you can chunk out my [D] brother.
[Gm] _ [F] You been to hell [C] man, seen everything.
[Eb] _ [Dm] _ [G] Next [F] look at you, he want to jump up [Bb] and push.
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] I ain't got [E] a crippled buddy to watch him put [Eb] down.
_ [N] How come my dog don't bark when you come [D] around?
_ [F] My dog is [E] dangerous, try [Eb] to send people straight.
[D] _ [Gm] _ [Gb] My mother went and banged her [G] upside, she hung it on [Ab] the gate.
[Gm] Yeah, [F] you come trippin' [C] around the corner of the [Eb] line.
[Gm] Pulling that nice trade [Gb] wine, trying to slide past [D] my sign.
[G] How come [F] my dog not [E] know, can't tell [Eb] you no [D] kind of [Gm] sign.
That's my [Bb] dog when I come home, he gonna sleep [D] that sound.
[Gm] _ [C] I want to know what [E] the hell is going down.
[Eb] How [D] _ come my [Ab] dog don't bark when you come [Gm] around?
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _
[Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] Baby, _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ I better [C] call up your COVID [G] [D] miles.
[Gm] _ [D] You can take the fifth amendment that [Gm] is.
Better [Fm] stand up for your [C] rights, cause you ain't gonna be [Eb] standing [D] too [Gm] long.
[Dm] First thing I'm gonna do is [E] cut out all this shit.
[D] _ [G] I'm [F] gonna shoot that [C] dog down.
[Bbm] _ [Gm] _ Then I'm gonna get busy [E] mutilating, [C] strangulating, [Gm] _ [F] cremating, [E] operating.
[Bbm] On [D] my old [Gm] man down at the cremation stage.
[E] _ _
[D] Then I'm gonna toss that [F] tooth bud.
_ [C] And you [Eb] better know [Gm] I'm coming directly after you. _ _ _
[D] Now you [Gm] can give your heart [F] and soul to [E] chaffin'.
[Eb] But [D] you better [Gm] know all the rest gonna belong to me. _
_ I'm gonna straighten [C] out that F-Officer [Em] fly shot.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Gm] And the one in pearl hat, [E] _
cussable, [D] stainless [Gm] steel.
Both lids [C] on the same [Bbm] side.
[D] _ [Gm] _ So when I cut you once, you gonna [Eb] bleed twice.
[D] _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] If you don't [E] believe me, shake your [Eb] head.
[D] Singing about how [F] I, _ [E] _
_ [G] I ain't got [C] nobody yet.
[E] _
_ _ [Gm] The one that I did me a little bit, that double [E] O-Zip, FBI [Eb] type.
[D] _ _ [Gm] You a [Bb] mole lady thought I was [C] gone, but [Dm] I wasn't gone.
_ That's when I decided I had to separate [Eb] from the crowd.
[D] And the [Bb] only sound you could hear when [C] you're six [Eb] feet in the ground.
_ [Db] How come my dog [C] don't bark when [Gb] you come [N] around? _ _
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