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Police dog blues Chords

Music by: Ry Cooder
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[Verse 1]
[Am](Arthur Blake, adapted by Ry
[G]Coo[D]der)

[Verse 2]
[D]All my life [G]I've been a travellin' [D]man
[G]All my life I've been a
travellin' [D]man[A]
[Am]Stayin' alone and [G]doing the best [D]I can

[Verse 3]
[D]
I ship my trunk [G]down to Tenness[D]ee
[Bm]Ship my [G]trunk down to [A]Tennessee
[D]It's hard to [Am]tell [E]'bout a man
[A]lik[D]e me

[Interlude 1]
[G]
[D][G][D][G][A][D]

[Verse 4]
[D]I had a gal, I c[G]ouldn't get her off my m[D]ind
I [G]had a gal, I couldn't get
her off my [D]mind
She [A]passed [Am]me up saying sh[G]e
didn't like my kind
[D]

[Verse 5]
Scared to bother [Bm]around
[G]the house that [D]night
I'm [G]scared to bother around
the house that [D]night[A]
[Am]Got police dogs [E]cravin' [Am]for a[D] fight

[Interlude 2]
[G][Bm][G]
[D][Esus4][A][D]

[Verse 6]
His [D]game is rambling [G]when
he gets the [D]chance
His [G]game is rambling when
he gets the [D]chance
He [A]leaves [Am]his mark on every
[A]body's pan[D]ts

[Verse 7]
[D]Guess I'll travel, [G]guess I'll let her [D]be
[G]Guess I'll travel, guess I'll let [D]her be
Be[A]fore she sets that [Bm]police [A]dog on

[Outro 1]
me
[D][E][F][D][A][D][G][D]
[Bm][G][D]
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