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Lay Down Little Doggies Chords

Music by: Arlo Guthrie
Tone E major BPM 62 Views 8
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[Verse 1]
[D]CHO[G]RUS[D]:
LAY DOWN, LITTLE [G]DOGGIES,
[D]LAY DOWN
WE'VE [G]BOTH GOT TO SLEEP ON THE COLD,
COLD [D]GROUND
THE [G]WINDS BLOWIN' COLDER AND
THE [D]SUN'S GOIN' DOWN
LAY DOWN, LITTLE [G]DOGGIES, [D]LAY DOWN

[Verse 2]
WE HIT THIS OLD [D]BEEF TRAIL
JUST [G]TWO MONTHS [D]AGO
WE BLISTERED IN THE SUN AND
WE FROZE [G]IN THE [A]SNOW
IN [D]TEN DAYS WE'RE COMIN TO
A [G]PACKING [D]HOUSETOWN
SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN,
LITTLE DOG[A]GIES, [D]LAY DOWN

[Verse 3]
THIS [D]DODGE CITY TRAIL SHE'S
A [G]HARD ROAD [D]TO GO
UP THE TEXAS FLATLANDS
THROUGH OLD [G]MEX[A]ICO
I GOT [D]DUST IN MY [A]EYES
AND [G]MUD IN MY [D]NOSE
SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN,
[A]LIT[D]TLE DOGGIE[G]S, LAY DO[D]WN
[G]

[Verse 4]
[D]CHOR[G]US

[Verse 5]
[G]THAT [D]BAD[G] HO[D]LE OF WATER
WE [G]DRUNK AND GOT SICK
[D]CURLED UP OUT HAIR,
TIED OUR TAILS [A]BACK IN KINKS
WE GOT [D]LOST IN A BLIND CANYON,
TIPPY-TOEIN' [G]AROUND
[D]AROUND
SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN,
LITTLE [A]DOGGIES, [D]LAY DOWN

[Verse 6]
HERE NOW WE [D]COME TO THE
[G]END OF OUR [D]TRAIL
YOUR HAIR, HIDE AND CARCASS
TO THE STOCK[G]YARDS [A]I SELL
I'LL [D]SEE YOU IN A [A]TIN [D]CAN WHEN
YOU [G]GET SHIPPED [D]AROUND
SO LAY YOURSELVES DOWN,
LITTLE [A]DOGGIES, [D]LAY DOWN[G][D][G]
CHOR[D]US

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D]
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