How Come My Dog Don't Bark When You Come 'Round Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][C][B][Em][G]
[C][B][Em][Dm][C#dim][C]
[D][B]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Now you say you ain?[D] t never met my wi[G]fe[C#dim],
you ain? t nev[C]er seen [B]her befo,?
[Em]Say you [D]ain? t been hang[G]in? roun? my[C#dim]
[C]crib; well here? s s[B]omethin? I wa[Em]nna know?
[G]I wanna know wha[C#dim]t
in the worl? is [C]goin? down,

[Verse 2]
[B]How come my dog[Em] don? t bark
[B]when you come [D]around?

[Verse 3]
[Em]I got the baddest [G]dog,
[C]he? ll bite any[B]body.
[Em]He bit my little b[D]rother,
[G]took a chu[C]nk out of my ol?[B] sweet li? l mother.[Em]
He [G]bit the mailman? [C]he sees him [B]every [Em]day; he takes one look [Dm]at yo[G]u,
he [C]wanna jump up and [B]play.
[Em]Now I ain? t got a c[D]lue [G]as
[C#dim]to what you puttin? d[C]own, but

[Verse 4]
[B]How come my dog[Em] don? t bark
when [C]you come [Em]around?[B][Em]
My [G]dog? s

[Verse 5]
[C#dim]dangerous; tried to
set [C]people [B]str[Em]aight;
I even bought a? [D]BAD [C]DOG? [C#dim]sign
an? [C]hung it on the gate.
[Em]Here you come trippin?[D] up? bout
[G]a quarter o[C#dim]f nine[C]
Fulla dat [Em]Night Train wine,
[G]tryin? to [C#dim]slide past t[C]he sig[Em]n?
My dog [D]been nod[G]din? off,

[Verse 6]
[C#dim]
ain? t payin? you [C]no mind.
[Em]That? s my dog,[D]
when [G]I come h[C#dim]ome he don? t sleep[C] THAT sound!

[Verse 7]
[B]How come my dog don[Em]? t b[G]ark
when you come [D]around?

[Verse 8]
[Em]I still don?[G] t like it,
I don? [C#dim]t dig it one damn b[C]it,
[B]The way[Em] you an? my dog? s so[D] tight,
[C#dim]somethin? don? [C]t fit!
[B]I s[Em]lipped through the alley,
[G]I called my d[C#dim]og,
Said,? [C]get off [B]your [Em]rusty duster,
[G]move a little fas[C#dim]ter to your ol? m[C]aster, you[B] ol[Em]d cayute,[D] you.?

[Verse 9]
[C#dim]He took one look at m[C]e,[B]
an? [Em]he growled [D]an? he ran[G] str[C#dim]aight to [C]you.[B]
[Em]Now somebody[G]? s been
[C#dim]confus in[C]? my po[B]? ho[Em]und.
[D]An I [G]wanna [C#dim]know what? s goin? down[C].

[Verse 10]
[B]How come my dog[C] don[Em]? t bark when you[B] come
[D]around?

[Interlude 1]
[Em][G][C#dim][B][Em][G][C][B]

[Verse 11]
[Em](Clarinet Solo)
Maybe I bet[G]ter call [C#dim]up Jacoby & Myers,
[C]an [B]? y[Em]ou can take the fifth, a[G]mendment, th[C#dim]at is.[C]
[B]You better [Em]stand up fo? [G]your rights,? cause [C#dim]you
might not be [C]standin' too [Em]long.
I? m gonna [G]stop all this [C#dim]con fusion. I? m gon[C]? fire [B]that hound[Em].,
shoot [G]that dog [C#dim]down.
[C]Then I? m gonna get [Em]busy [G]mut[C#dim]ilatin, s[C]trangulatin? opera[B]tin?,
[Em]an? [D]crematin? my O[G]l? L[C#dim]ady down at the [C]cremation station.
[Em]Then I? m gonna to[D]rch that[G#dim],
[C#dim]too, and come righ[C]t on after you![Em]
[D]You can give [G]you heart

[Verse 12]
[C#dim]an ? soul to cha[C]rit[B]y; all
[Em]the rest [E]gonna belong [D]to me.[C#dim]
[C]I? m goin? [B]straight

[Verse 13]
[Em]down to dat [G]barber supply [C#dim]shop, get me a p[C]ear[B]l hand[Em]le, double edge[D], holl[G]ow grou[C#dim]nd, super[C] blue [B]blade[Em], adjusta[D]ble, stain[Ddim] less st[C#dim]eel, hon[C]ed edge,[B]
[Em]both blade[D]s on the same [G]side[C#dim] so when I c[C]ut you once, you[Em] gonna bleed twi[D]ce, go[G]in[C#dim]? an? comin?. An? if y[C]ou don[Em]? believe me, shak[G]e yo? head[C#dim]; it? ll [C]be s[B]ingin? I ain? t [Em]got no body.?[D][G][C#dim]
? Cause one [C]night I [B]did a little

[Verse 14]
[Em]FBI Doub[G]le- O- Seven- type[C#dim] investiga[C]tin?. You an? [B]my Ol' L[Em]ady thought I was gone,[D][G]
[C#dim]but I wasn? t gon[C]e. Dat? s why[B] I have t[Em]o separate you fr[D]om y[G]our grou[C#dim]nd. An th[C]e only soun? yo[B]u gon[Em]na hear when you six [G]feet in t[C#dim]he ground:[C][Em][G][C#dim][C]

[Verse 15]
How come my dog didn? t
bark when you came around?