Memoires Of An Owned Dog chords by The Milk Carton Kids

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice


Intro:
C majorC - C/GC/G - C majorC - C/GC/G
C majorC - C/GC/G - C majorC - C/GC/G

C majorC        C/GC/G
the food was as I like it...
G+G   G/DG/D
Cold, wet
FF           F/CF/C       C majorC     C/GC/G
And in that wonderful tin can shape
A minorAm          Am/E
I had it marked in a paw print
FF     F/CF/C
on the dog door
C majorC           C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A G+G
the day that I finally planned my escape

C majorC      C/GC/G
the milkman, he tried
G+G            G/DG/D
you can bet I wanted to survive
FF           F/CF/C C majorC    C/GC/G
but the truck it just came far too fast
A minorAm         Am/E
So I write on these scraps
FF        F/CF/C
my remembrances past
C majorC      C/GC/G      G+G     G/DG/D
so you don't blame yourself that I've died


FF           F/CF/C
they put horses out to pasture
C majorC         C/GC/G
and the birds come home to roost
FF          F/CF/C
ain't nothin' for a puppy
C majorC            C/GC/G
but the backyard on the loose
FF           F/CF/C
now I know my job was to
C majorC    A minorAm
lie idly beside
FF        G+G        C majorC    C/GC/G
the way the sun retreats for the moon

   C majorC     C/GC/G
i had dreams of walking
G+G        G/DG/D
the world on my own
FF      F/CF/C
four on the floor
C majorC      C/GC/G
every night all alone
A minorAm     Am/E
i was ready to work
FF          F/CF/C
for the scruff on my neck
C majorC        C/GC/G
yearning to find something
G+G      G/DG/D
of my own to protect

C majorC         C/GC/G
my bark, then, was surely
G+G       G/DG/D
bigger than my bite
FF        F/CF/C
chewing the cud could've been
C majorC       C/GC/G
my biggest dog fight
A minorAm          Am/E
and you know how they say
FF      F/CF/C
we only hear certain things that you say
C majorC                C/GC/G
well, it never mattered much to me
G+G            G/DG/D
but for the will of the way


FF           F/CF/C
they put horses out to pasture
C majorC         C/GC/G
and the birds come home to roost
FF          F/CF/C
ain't nothin' for a puppy
C majorC            C/GC/G
but the backyard on the loose
FF           F/CF/C
now I know my job was to
C majorC    A minorAm
lie idly beside
FF        G+G        C majorC    C/GC/G
the way the sun retreats for the moon

Bb majorBb        FF
now I loosen this collar
C majorC         C/GC/G
for a dog bone bow tie
Bb majorBb      FF
to go up and meet
C majorC         C/GC/G
the big dog in the sky
Bb majorBb            FF
i'll tell him when I get there
C majorC           C#dimC#dim
I was spoiled in your place
     FF       F/CF/C
with the hopes that my spirit
G+G
is honored by your grace

C majorC         C/GC/G
so after you read this
G+G     G/DG/D
memoir one day
FF      F/CF/C
or after you hear
C majorC        C/GC/G
my lonesome song play
A minorAm           Am/E
don't you trouble your mind
FF           F/CF/C
this old hound's doin' fine
C majorC              C/GC/G
you know, goodbyes are just words
G+G         G/DG/D
like a clock is to time

C majorC           C/GC/G
so sorry I'm not with you
G+G        G/DG/D
so sorry I can't be
FF      F/CF/C
please know I was
C majorC            C/GC/G
the best friend this old mutt could be
A minorAm          Am/E
if you remember that spot
FF           F/CF/C
where my favorite tree grows
C majorC      C/GC/G    G+G
I hung up my leash on a branch
C majorC
now it's yours