Chords for Graham Rodger - Whoever Gets My Dog

[F#] _ _ _ [D#] I'm noticing a song that on our current album, Stronger For Door, this song has proved to
be [G] by far the most popular [F] song.
It's a song about a dog.
[D#] _ [C#] _ [G] We all love dogs, most [C] of us do, but it's a song about a digger as well.
Anyway, this young fella, this is based on a true story.
He went to Afghanistan, put his dog [G] into care, but he left a little letter there which was
[C] sealed in case he didn't get back.
It was a letter for the new [C#] owner. _ _
[G#] _ _ He's called Whoever Gets [C#] My Dog. _ _
_ _ _ He was a dog lover.
He [G#] wasn't much to look at.
[C] He wasn't any pedigree.
_ [G#] When I offered out my hand, he [F#] just sat there and stared [G#] at me.
[F#] His fine brown coat had [C#] lasted sheen, his [G#] eyes had [F#] lost their spark, [D#] but I couldn't
pass him over.
I just didn't [G#] have the heart. _
What's his [C#] name?
I asked [G#] the carer [F#] as he let him [G#] from the pen.
[C#] The owner left [G#] this box of toys [F#] and said, I'll give you a name.
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I said, I'll give you a name.
I _ _ [F#] said, I'll [G#] _ give you [D#] a _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _
_ [G#] _ [F#] name.
I said, I'll give you a name.
So I made the hard [C#] decision. _
[G#] I got to take him [C#] back.
_ I gathered up his toys and papers, [F#] and his vaccination [G#] log.
[C#] When I came across [G#] this letter addressed to Whoever Gets My Dog, I broke [F#] the seal and
what [C#] I read [C] took me by [F#] surprise.
[D#] My heart was in my mouth as I read the [G#] words inside.
_ [C#] If you're reading this, my [G#] letter, [F#] then it means that [G#] I'm dead.
[C#] In the deserts of [G#] Afghanistan [F#] is where I let [G#] my head.
[F#] But I leave [C#] Al-Sak behind me, no [F] his name was [F#] never there.
[C#] I just couldn't sign the papers [G#] with the name of my [C#] old friend.
_ _ [G#] So if you're having trouble bonding, [F#] then just call him [G#] by his name.
[C#] Catching tennis balls [G#] out in the [F#] yard was always his [G#] favourite game.
I [C#] was a soldier never married, so it [Fm] was only sack [F#] and pea.
[C#] His name was one of the biggers [G#] who fought at [C#] Gallipoli. _
_ [G#] I called out, sack!
He gripped his ears [F#] and came bounding [G#] across the yard.
He drove the tennis ball down at my feet and then began to bark.
I've thrown [C#] that ball a [F#] thousand times since [C#] then and I give [G#] thanks to God.
[F#] That I opened up [C#] the letter [G#] addressed to whoever gets my [A#] dog.
I've [C#] thrown that ball a [F#] thousand times since then [C#] and I give [G#] thanks to God.
That [F#] I opened up [C#] the letter _ addressed [G#] to whoever gets [G#m] my dog.
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