Black Dog chords by Bananafishbones

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Verse 1
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1, 2, 3, 4
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Well I'm sitting back home with the lights off,
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lights off
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And the feeling that I'm never gonna light up,
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light up
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I'm feeling like the bird that is
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flatly glued to the street
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Well, the people that you see is never
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gonna be the people you need
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My old friend
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Jameson ain't much of a help tonight
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Five fingers high
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Two times, two times
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I'm sitting back home with my eyes shut,
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eyes shut
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And the liquor in my veins does
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n't seem to light me up
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I'm still feeling like the bird that
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is flatly glued to the street
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Well, the people that you see is never
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gonna be the people you need
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My old friend
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Jameson ain't much of a help tonight
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Five fingers high, two times, two times
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The open windowsills,
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the caterpillar's grave tonight
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I hear a  deep gnarl, two times, two times
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Am 
In the backyard is a black
dog diggin' his hole
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Am 
And a black dog found a black box
In the backyard see a black
dog digging his hole
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Am 
And a black dog found a black box
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The black dog stares at me
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wagging his tail and he barks
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Em 
His fiery fierce red eyes spreading
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green silvery spots
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He shakes his head,
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spreading white foam all over my socks.
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I kneel down, stare into the hole,
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and grab the black box.
My old friend
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Jameson ain't much of a help tonight.
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C 
Five fingers high, two times, two times.
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The open windowsill's a
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caterpillar's grave tonight.
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I hear a deep gnarl, two times, two times
Am 
In  the backyard,
see a black dog digging his hole
And a black dog found a black box
In the backyard,
see a black dog digging his hole
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Am 
And a black dog found a black box
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F#m 
I open up the box, nothing's in there
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F#m 
My hands disintegrate,
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F#m 
through them I stare
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Hey!
Ho!
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Hey!
F#m 
I become aware of something
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Em 
glowing in the dark
Hey!
Ho!
Hey!
Ho!
F#m 
It is    a slowly beating glowing heart
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Hey!
Heart!
Ho!
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Heart!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Am 
In the backyard,
see a black dog diggin' his hole
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Am 
And a black dog found a black box
In the backyard,
see a black dog diggin' his hole
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Am 
And a black dog found a black box
In the backyard,
see a black dog diggin' his hole
And a black dog found a black box
In the backyard,
see a black dog digging his hole