Salty Dog Blues
Lyrics & Music: Traditional/Morris Brothers
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Album: The Complete Mercury Sessions (1994)
(Capo on 1)
Intro.: | (G) | (E) | (A) | (A) | (D) | (D) | (G) | (G) | x 2
(G)Standin' on the corner with the (E)low down blues
(A)Great big hole in the bottom of my shoes
(D)Honey, let me be your Salty (G)Dog
(Chorus)
(G)Let me be your (E)Salty Dog
Or (A)I won't be your man at all
(D)Honey, let me be your Salty (G)Dog
Inst. (Ft. Banjo) : | (G) | (E) | (A) | (A) | (D) | (D) | (G) | (G) | x 2
(G)Look it here, Sal, (E)I know you
(A)Run down stockin' and a worn-out shoe
(D)Honey, let me be your Salty (G)Dog
Repeat Chorus
Inst. (Ft. Fiddle) : | (G) | (E) | (A) | (A) | (D) | (D) | (G) | (G) | x 2
(G)Down in the wildwood (E)sittin' on a log
(A)Finger on the trigger and eye on the hog
(D)Honey, let me be your Salty (G)Dog
Repeat Chorus
Inst. (Ft. Banjo) : | (G) | (E) | (A) | (A) | (D) | (D) | (G) | (G) | x 2
(G)Pulled the trigger and (E)they said go
(A)Shot fell over in Mexico
(D)Honey, let me be you Salty (G)Dog
Repeat Chorus
Inst. (Ft. Fiddle) : | (G) | (E) | (A) | (A) | (D) | (D) | (G) | (G) | x 2
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