MEXICAN DOG
As performed by Chute Nine

4 beats per chord
` = 2 beats

INTRO:
G  D  Em  C

G  D  G  G
           I was

VERSE:
G                          G                       D      D
Down on the border on some business I'd rather not mention
Em                      Em                  C      C
Gettin' involved with a woman was not my in-tention  but then
G                       D
She came along just out walking her dog and I
Em                        C
Loved her before I'd even met her I guess
D7                       D7                           G     G
Sometimes intentions can change sometimes not for the better  well the

VERSE:
G                    G                         D      D
Dog didn't like me I guess he knew where I was headin'
Em                     Em                       C      C
He bit my hand when he carried the rings at our weddin'  mari-
G                   D
achis played and we sang and we swayed but they're
Em                          C
Right when they say love is blind 'cos in a
D7                         D7                     G   G*
Month she was gone and she only left one thing be-hind

CHORUS:
C           G             D                           G
Now I got a Mexican dog I can't say his name he don't come when I call
C                            G
When he's not bitin' me he's lickin' his balls and I
Em                         C
Hate him right down to his fur but
Em               `C          `D       G  G
All I got left of her is this Mexican dog  so I

VERSE:
G                          G                       D    D
Thought it might help if I bought him a toy at the store
Em                         Em                     C    C
He was so grateful he left somethin' for me on my floor  I kicked him
G                          D
Out every night but by the dawn's early light he was
Em                           C
Back sportin' some brand new smell I'd take him
D7                            D7                       G   G*
Back where he came from but I don't have directions to hell

CHORUS:
(as before)

CHORUS-SOLO:
(Guessing this bit - not included in the MP3 excerpts)

VERSE:
        G                           G                       D  D
I got a new girlfriend who couldn't stop telling me what to do   to
Em                          Em                              C   C
Top it all off she said she thought that little bastard was cute  I said hold
G                        D
On to his leash and wait right here for me and he'll
Em                           C
Show you some tricks that he knows and I
D7                      D7                       G  G*
Know it was wrong but I showed her a trick of my own

CHORUS-VARIATION:
C               G               D                           G
Now she's got a Mexican dog she can't say his name he don't come when she calls
C                             G
When he's not bitin' her he's lickin' his balls but we're
Em                  C
Even far as I'm con-cerned 'cos
Em             `C        `D       G  G
Now that dog is hers that Mexican dog

CHORUS-ENDING:
C               G               D                           G
Now she's got a Mexican dog she can't say his name he don't come when she calls
C                             G
When he's not bitin' her he's lickin' his balls and I
Em                       C
Hope she got what she de-served
Em               `C        `D       G  D  C  G
  Now that dog is hers that Mexican dog

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CHORDS:
    G   D   Em  C   D7
E|--3---2---0---0---2--|
B|--0---3---0---1---1--|
G|--0---2---0---0---2--|
D|--0---0---2---2---0--|
A|--2-------2---3------|
E|--3-------0----------|

G*
Buskers can simulate the ensemble sound with familiar chords:
   G                 G   F   Em  Dm
   1   2 + 3 + 4 +   1   2   3   4
E|-3---------------|-3---1---0---1---|
B|-0-----5---3---1-|-0---1---0---3---|
G|-0-----5---4---2-|-0---2---0---2---|
D|-0---------------|-0---3---2---0---|
A|-2---------------|-----------------|
E|-3---------------|-3---------------|

INTRO:
(Fiddles)
   G                 D                  Em                 C
   1 + 2 + 3   4     1  .  .  3   4     1  .  .  3   4     1  2  3  4
E|-7-8---10--------|-12-10-8--10------|-12-10-8--10------|-12----------|
B|-8-10--12--------|-13-12-10-12------|-13-12-10-12------|-13----------|
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------|

   G                 D                   G   (Guitar)      G
   1 + 2 + 3   4     1  .  .  3  .  .    1  2 +  3 + 4 +   1   2   + 3 + 4
E|-7-8---10--------|-12-10-8--12-10-8--|-7-------7---6---|-3---3-------------|
B|-8-10--12--------|-13-12-10-13-12-10-|-8---------------|-----3h5-3---------|
G|-----------------|-------------------|------5/7--6---5-|-----------4-2-0---|

Similar figures with different timing close the song.
ENDING:
   G                  D                  C                  G
   1   2 + 3 e + 4    1   2 + 3 e + 4    1   2 + 3 e + 4    1   2 + 3
E|-------12--10--8--|-10----12--10--8--|-8-----12--10--8--|-7---3-3-3---|
B|-------13--12--10-|-12----13--12--10-|-8-----13--12--10-|-8---3-3-3---|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----4-4-4---|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----5-5-5---|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----5-5-5---|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----3-3-3---|

. = quarter-note triplet
/ = slide      (grace
h = hammer-on      notes)


Waynus Of Uranus
March 2008