Wag The Dog tab by Mark Knopfler
Guitar Tab
Employed chords: D9(no5): x54530 F: xx7565 E: xx6454 A5: x77x55 D7: xx757x Bm/5-: xx976x Bb: xx876x A: xx765x See at the end of the tab for tips and tab parts. If you're interested in a tab of the live in Lucca version solo please contact me! There is no official transcription of this song so I've done my best, enjoy it! Intro D9(no5) then
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D9(no5) Now you can do the watusi You can do it if you try Any puppy Dog or pussy Can do the jerk or do the fly F E Now you can do the wooly bully A5 But can you pull the wooly wooly Can you wag can you wag the dog D7 Bm/5- Bb A D9(no5) You got the shimmy and the hustle It's all the rage downtown Yeh you don't have to have the muscle To get into the mess around F E Cos' you can do the wooly bully A5 But can you pull the wooly wooly Can you wag can you wag the dog D7 Bm/5- Bb A D7 So make him sit make him stay Come to heel go play Roll him over lie still Make him go kill attaboy D7 Bm/5- Bb A Wag that dog baby D9(no5) You have had the duck and mashed potato Funky chicken on a roll Move on up a little later To the monkey and the stroll F E Now you can do the wooly bully A5 But can you pull the wooly wooly Can you wag can you wag the dog D7 Bm/5- Bb A Mmm wag the dog! D7 Now go bow bow wow wow Now go woof woof woof woof D7 Bm/5- Yeh that's right wag the dog The locomotion boogaloo The hully gully and the limbo too Wag that dog Yeh hitchhike for me baby Now we're barefootin' The funky funky penguin That's the bug and that's the frug Yeh but can you wag Wag the dog can you wag the dog Wag the dog can you wag the dog Additional tips: Something looking like the intro: D9no5 E||--------------------------|-------------------------| B||-----------------------3--|--------3--3----------3--| G||--------5--5--------5-----|--------5--5--5----5--5--| D||-----4--4--4-----4--4-----|-----4--4--4--4----4--4--| A||--5-----5--5--5-----5-----|--5-----5--5--5----5--5--| E||--------------------------|-------------------------| -----------------------0--|--------------------------|| -----------3--------3--3--|-----------3--------3--3--|| --------5--5--------5--5--|--------5--5--------5--5--|| -----4--4--4-----4--4--4--|-----4--4--4-----4--4-----|| --5-----5--5--5-----5--5--|--5-----5--5--5-----5-----|| --------------------------|--------------------------|| Here's a way to play the D7 Bm/5- riff: D7 Bm/5- E||-------5-----------------|-------------------------|| B||-------7--7-----7--------|--6-----6--6-------6--6--|| G||-------5--5--------------|--7-----7--7-------7--7--|| D||--7----------7-----7--8--|-----9--9--9----9--9--9--|| A||--5----------------------|-------------------------|| E||-------------------------|-------------------------|| All along the sound you can hear a rythm guitar played by Richard Bennett (maybe on his Gretsch). This track mostly features something like that: E||--------------------------|-------------------------|| B||--------------------------|-------------------------|| G||--2--4--2--0--2--4--2--0--|--2--2--4--5----2--2--2--|| D||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0----0--0--0--|| A||--------------------------|-------------------------|| E||--------------------------|-------------------------|| Guitars: Mark Knopfler plays a Gibson ES335 of 1958. On the studio version, solos are played with a wah pedal, probably a Vox. On the live version, solos are played by bluesman and friend Mike Henderson on a Danelectro Silvertone with a Fender fixed bridge and ultra heavy strings that give this unique sound.