Year: 1996 - Album: Test for Echo
Intro: (F G Am)(F G) 2x (Eb F Gm) (Eb F Gm) In a dog's life, a year is really more like seven (Eb F Gm) (Eb F Gm) And all too soon a canine will be chasing cars in doggie heaven (Bb C Dm) (Bb C Dm) It seems to me, as we make our own few circles 'round the Sun (Bb C Dm) (Bb C) We get it backwards and our seven years go by like one G D A B Dog years...It's the season of the itch G D A B (F G Am)(F G) Dog years...With every scratch it reappears (Eb F Gm) (Eb F Gm) In the dog days, people look to Sirius (Eb F Gm) (Eb F Gm) Dogs cry for the moon, but these connections are mysterious (Bb C Dm) (Bb C Dm) It seems to me, while it's true that every dog will have his Day (Bb C Dm) (Bb C) When all the bones are buried, there is barely time to go outside and play G D A B Dog years...It's the season of the itch G D A B Dog years...With every scratch it reappears G D A B Dog years...For every sad son of a bitch G D A G (F G) (G C) Dog years...With his tail between his ears F G F G F (G C) I'd rather be a tortoise from Galapagos, or a span of geological time F G F G F (G) I'd rather be a tortoise from Galapagos, or a span of geological time Eb F Eb F Than be living in these dog years, living in these dog years Solo: (Vocalização) :(Bb C Bb C Dm) 2x (F G) 2x (Eb F Gm) (Eb F) (Eb F Gm) (Eb F Gm) In a dog's brain a constant buzz of low level static (Eb F Gm) (Eb F Gm) One sniff at the hydrant and the answer is automatic (Bb C Dm) (Bb C Dm) It seems to me, as well make our own few circles 'round the block (Bb C Dm) (Bb C) We've lost our senses, for the higher level static of talk G D A B Dog years...For every sad son of a bitch G D A G Dog years...With his tail between his ears B C B In these dog years, oooo! B C B In these dog years, oouu! B C B In these dog years, oooo! B C F G F In these dog years, oouu! Oooo! F G (Eb F Gm) (Eb F) In these dog years, oooo!