Bb                  F            C              F 
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man 
F 
I'm gonna get me an ol' hound dog 

I'm gonna let 'im lead the way 
Bb 
Then I'm gonna turn 'im loose 
            F 
We'll go huntin' every day 
C 
That's the kind of life for me 

There's one thing I wanna be, and that's a 
Bb                  F            C              F 
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man 
 

F 
I'm wanna get up in the mornin' 

a-Yeah, with the risin' sun 
Bb 
I'm gonna stay right on that trail 
            F 
Till the day is done 
C 
I think I am old enough 

I'm young in years but I'm mighty tough, a-like a 
Bb                  F            C              F 
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man 
 

Bb                        F 
I'm lookin' for a girl who'll be waitin' when I come home 
Bb 
She's gonna meet me with a kiss 
C 
She's gonna be one pretty miss 
 

F 
And every time I go, she gonna miss-a me more and more 
Bb                                              F 
She's gonna have a tear in her eye, the time's gonna pass so slow 
C 
That's the kind of life for me 

a-There's one thing I wanna be, and that's a 
Bb                  F            C              F 
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man 
 

F 
And every time I go, she gonna miss-a me more and more 
Bb                                              F 
She's gonna have a tear in her eye, the time's gonna pass so slow 
C 
That's the kind of life for me 

a-There's one thing I wanna be, and that's a 
Bb                  F            C              F 
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man 
Bb                  F            C              F 
Hound dog man, hound dog man, I wanna be a hound dog man 
F        Bb      F 
Hound dog man 
F        Bb      F 
Hound dog man