Houndog Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Asus4][G][Am][A5][Am][Em][A5][Am][Em][A5]
[Am][A5][Am][Em][A5][Am][C][Em]
[A5]

[Verse 1]
Hump [Am]that [A5]coffin [Am]up ro[C]un[Em]d one [E5]more [A5]bend[Dm][C][Em][E5][A5]
Hump [A]that [A5]coffin [Am]up ro[Em]und
[E5]one [A5]more b[Am]end[Em]
[E5]If y[A5]our head needs a ba[Am]ndage[C]
[Em]Try [A5]a roadhouse open [Am]sandwich
[Em]Dodg[Bb5]e the [A5]waitr[A]ess and[A5][Am]
[Em]hit the [E5]road a[A5]gain
[A][A5][Dm]

[Verse 2]
[C][Em]
I [Am]got [A5]dog's [Dm]disease and [Em]asphalt
on [A5]my sh[A]oes[A5][Dm][C][Em]
[Bb]I got [A5]dog's disea[Dm]se and
[Em]asphalt on [Am]my shoes
[A5][Dm]

[Verse 3]
[Em]
I got [Am]the [C]houndog [Am]sittin' on
the side [C]of [D5]the road
[D]Houndog sittin' on the side
[D5]of t[C]he road
Houndog sittin' on the side
of the [G]highway blues
[D]Yea[Dm]h the highway blu[A]es
[A5][Am][E5][Em][A5][Am]

[Verse 4]
[Em]
I coulda [A5]flown East- West
[Am]But the tick[Em]et was out t[A5]a
my [A]range[A5][Em]
[A5]I coulda gone [A]rail[A5]
[Am]But they s[Em]aid I looked a little
[Am]strange[A5][Am][Em]
The [A]Budget [A5]girl's [Am]just [C]got [E5]the sack
[A5]The inte[A]rstate bus j[A5]ust [Am]break[C]s my ba[Em]ck
[A5]I'm sick of gett[A]ing home[A5][Dm]
[Em]Counting my re[Bb]maining [A5]change

[Verse 5]
[A]I g[A5]ot th[Dm]e ho[Em]undo[Bb]g[A5][C][Am]
[F]sittin' on [Am]the side [Dm]of the road
[D]Houndog sittin' on the side
[D5]of t[Dm]he ro[C]ad
Houndog sittin' on the side of the [G]highway [D]blu[Dm]es[Asus4]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Asus4][A][A5][A][A5][Am][Asus4][A][A5][Am]

[Verse 6]
Ride the line to Hornsby sta[A]tion
Find my circus animals [Em]again
Undenied
[Asus4][A][Asus4][E]

[Verse 7]
[A]Don't need
no communication
Through the [Am]ghost- towns,
[A]and fade awa[Em]y
I'm [Am]out [A]side
[A5][Am]

[Verse 8]
[Asus4]The railw[A]ay don't
[Am]come [Em]out here no more
[A]

[Verse 9]
And it's [G]cold[F][A]
[G]Through [F]Nam[A]bucca, up the coast
[G]Grass is [F]greener
[Em]Girls are sweeter
I [D]did it [Dm]all t[C]he las[Am]t ten[A]
summers
[Dm][C]

[Verse 10]
[Am]
[G]Leave the [F]waves and [Am]change
[A5]the cult[Am]ure
[G]Choose a [F]far off [Em]name [A]that suites [Em]ya
[G]Bal[F]i, Ban[Em]gkok, overland
[G]Asian [F]highway, [Em]Amsterdam
[G]Always [F]some town [A]unex[Em]plored
And [Dm]in the e[C]nd
It's the [Am]mo ti[A]on is it's own reward
[A5]It's [A]jus[Am]t[C][Am]
[Dm]the [D]moti[Dm]on[C]

[Verse 11]
[C]I've [G]had[A] pet[Bm]rol-[Am] heads[C]
[Am]and coun[C]try hicks
[Dm]Bible- freaks and lunatics
[C]Fifty miles to go [G]and I'll be [D]home
[Dm]I'll be ho[A]me[Bm]

[Verse 12]
I got [Am]the [C]houndog [Am]sittin' on the side
of [C]the [Am]road[Dm]
[D]Houndog sittin' on the side
of the [Dm]road[C]
Houndog sittin' on the side
[G]of [D]the highway blues

[Outro 1]
[Bm][A]