Police Dog Blues
by
Blind Arthur Blake
recording of probably 1926-1932
from
Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker (Yazoo 1068)

    [E]                             [A]
All my life I've been a travelin' man
                                  [E]
All my life I've been a travelin' man
         [B7]                         [E]                          
Stayin' alone and doin' the best I can
                              [A]
I shipped my trunk down to Tennessee
                              [E]
I shipped my trunk down to Tennessee
         [B7]                  [E]
Hard to tell about a man like me
                                       [A]
I met a gal, I couldn't get her off my mind
                                        [E]
I met a gal, I couldn't get her off my mind
               [B7]                         [E]
She passed me up, said she didn't like my kind
                                          [A]
I'm scared to bother around her house at night
                                          [E]
I'm scared to bother around her house at night
                 [B7]                 [E]
She got a police dog cravin' for a fight
                                    [A]
His name is Rambler, when he gets a chance
                                     [E]
His name is Rambler, when he gets a chance
               [B7]                   [E]
He leaves his mark on everybody's pants
                                        [A]
Guess I'll travel, I guess I'll let her be
                                        [E]
Guess I'll travel, I guess I'll let her be
            [B7]
Before she sicks
                  [E]
her police dog on me