Chords with lyrics
FF C majorC G5G5 A minorAm
I'm a dog, and I can smell your smell right through your clothes
FF G+G C majorC FF
And I espouse some views that you yourself just might not hold
C majorC G+G C majorC
Sometimes I am given pause to think when
FF A minorAm
I consider what we could call the good life
FF C majorC G5G5 A minorAm
When it comes to the city versus the country life
FF G+G C majorC FF
Well, I must say that I far prefer a farmer's wife
C majorC G5G5 C majorC
Breakfast with the master in the morning
FF A minorAm
Feel the breeze and brush against a cow's leg - mmm!
G+G DmDm G+G
But it seems the thinkers you call greatest are
DmDm Bb majorBb FF
The sort who often fall ill young, or pine away
Bb majorBb FF G+G
How can they help but drag the species down?
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
There's some debate about whether instincts should be held in check
FF G+G C majorC FF
Well, I suppose that I'm a liberal in this respect
C majorC DmDm C majorC
I can't say I liked Robinson Crusoe
FF A minorAm
But at least he didn't tie his dogs up at night
G+G DmDm G+G
And it seems the thinkers you call greatest are
DmDm Bb majorBb FF
The sort who often fall ill young, or pine away
Bb majorBb FF G+G
How can they help but drag the species down?
Solo
FF G5G5 C majorC A minorAm
How come all your poets fall into despondencies?
FF G+G C majorC FF
And then write it down for us to read every indignity?
C majorC DmDm C majorC
Not such worthy specimens, these creatures
FF A minorAm
Hardly fit for what you could call the good life
G+G DmDm G+G
And it seems the thinkers you call greatest are
DmDm Bb majorBb FF
The sort who often fall ill young, or pine away
Bb majorBb FF G+G
How can they help but drag the species down?
Bb majorBb FF G+G FF G+G FF G+G FF G+G
How can they help but drag the species down