Year of the Dog 
ATime (x02220@1)tells butterfat lies
                                          ESweet (022100@1)lousy cupcakes of lies
AI'll (x02220@1)comply and I shall play along
                   E (022100@1)           AI (x02220@1)was born in the year of the dog
         DAnd (xx0232@1)the blue black tattoo, it crawled up my arm
                                 AScribbled (x02220@1)vines crawling my arm
        DAnd (xx0232@1)a rooster rose up and it cried an alarm
                                  ASounded (x02220@1)alarming alarms
     EAnd (022100@1)laid on the lawn and the dawns
                                  DOf (xx0232@1)the morning got warm
A (x02220@1)Queer fear in severe clear
                                        EScrunch (022100@1)your fat face like a doll
AI (x02220@1)got made in a candy floss smog
                  E (022100@1)          AI (x02220@1)was born in the year of the dog
       DAnd (xx0232@1)I drove in my car where the hills stand to shore
                                      AOver (x02220@1)and down to the shore
        DThen (xx0232@1)I threw out my dreams, so I'd dream them no more
                               ADrown (x02220@1)them and dream them no more
        EThen (022100@1)I sat and I stared at the waves
                     D (xx0232@1)                       
From my primer gray Ford

A [instrumental break]
        DAnd (xx0232@1)I'm listless and lost and I cry all the time
                        ALost (x02220@1)and I cry all the time
      DAnd (xx0232@1)I felt just the same, though I chuffed up a line 
                                          AHigh (x02220@1)but I felt just the same

EAnd (022100@1)the steam from my cup, a girl loved
                                            DAnd (xx0232@1)it spelled out her name

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