VERSE 1: A5 D5 THE MANS IN THE MOON, THE CATS IN THE CRADLE AND IM IN THE DOG HOUSE E5 A5 IT NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF MY BEST FRIEND WASN'T SUCH A LOUD MOUTH D5 SHE'S HEARD THINGS THAT SHE DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY NIGHTS OUT E5 A5 NOW SHES ON ME LIKE OLD CHEAP SUIT IM IN THE DOG HOUSE D5 THE DOGS EATING GOOD AND HE DONT CARE A5 IM CHEWING BONES IN THE COLD NIGHT AIR B5 A5 THE WHOLE THINGS SEEMS JUST LITTLE UNFAIR E5 THERE HE SITS IN MY FAVORITE CHAIR VERSE 2: A5 D5 WHO EVER SAID IT WAS MANS BEST FRIEND HAD IT ALL WRONG E5 A5 WHEN SHE FINDS OUT YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING WITH THE PACK YOU'LL BE DOG-GONE A5 D5 SHE SAYS SHE'S GOT BONE TO PICK, SHOULD I SIT UP AND BEG, SHOULD I FETCHA STICK, E5 A5 I CANT STAY HERE SCRATCHING FLEAS AND TICKS IN THE DOG HOUSE CHORUS VERSE 3: A5 D5 I CAN TELL THE MATTERS ARE GETTING REAL BAD, I BIT THE MAILMAN E5 A5 I'VE BEEN CHASING CARS UP AND DOWN THE STREET INSTEAD OF WOMEN D5 THE DOG AND THE WIFE ARE GETTING MIGHTY THICK LOOKING THRU THE WINDOW JUST MAKES ME SICK E5 A5 THIS OLD DOG BETTER LEARN NEW TRICK IM IN THE A DOG HOUSE A5 D5 THE MANS IN THE MOON, THE CATS IN THE CRADLE AND IM IN THE DOG HOUSE E5 A5 IT NEVER WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF MY BEST FRIEND WASN'T SUCH A LOUD MOUTH D5 SHE'S HEARD THINGS THAT SHE DON'T LIKE ABOUT MY NIGHTS OUT E5 A5 NOW SHES ON ME LIKE OLD CHEAP SUIT IM IN THE DOG HOUSE