From: Brian Handy
Subject: TAB: Block Dog by David Wilcox
«Block Dog»
by David Wilcox
transcription by Bill Boroson (4/3/95)
Tune: 6 = B 3 = F#
5 = F# 2 = B
4 = B 1 = D#
Intro…
|—————————————————————|
|——————0——————————————-|
|——s—0-2—0——0—0—-s—0-2——————0-2-3-0-2-|
|—-2/4—————5——2/4——-2—-5-4-0-4-5———0-|
|————0————————0—00——————0-|
|-0—0————5———0-0——————0-0-0———-|
|——————————————0——|
|————h-p———————0————|
|-0——h—0/2 -0——p-p——0——0———|
|—5—2/4——4-4—32 —0—0——0—-0—|
|—0—————-0——-2——————-|
|—0———————————————|
B B/D# B/E B
I had a long talk with the block dog
F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids
B B/D# B/E B
He’s happy as a block dog
F#sus4 B
Every day the choice is his
B/E B
‘Cause they all feed him when he’s hungry
Bmaj7 Asus2(add C#)
They all keep him from the cold
A+2
But he don’t wear their collar
F#sus4″ F#7sus4:hammer 0 to 1st fr., 1st stg
He makes the neighborhood his home
B B/D# B/E B
There’ll be a fireplace in the winter
F#sus4
There’s lots of houses down this street
B B/D# B/E B
Summertime he’ll catch your frisbee
F#sus4″
Beg the best of your dinner meat
B B/D# B/E B
I had a long talk with the block dog
F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids
B B/D# B/E B
He’s happy as a block dog
F#sus4 B
Every day the choice is his
B B/D# B/E B
I said Rusty, I’m gettin’ married
F#sus4
I used to like your kind of life
B B/D# B/E B
But life’s different now, it’s like a garden
F#sus4
I’d like to tend it with my wife
B B/D# B/E B
Dig in one spot make a straight row
F#sus4
Your only diggin’ to hide the bone
B B/D# B/E B
But when I lived so free alone
F#sus4
I had an empty harvest
B B/D# B/E B
I had a long talk with the block dog
F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids
B B/D# B/E B
He’s happy as a block dog
F#sus4 B
Every day the choice is his
B B/D# B/E B
Rusty looked up, sad at me and said
F#sus4
«Dave, I understand
B B/D# B/E B
‘Cause we’re different now, I’m still a dog
F#sus4
And you’re acting like a man.» |—————|
|—————|
|——h-p——|
|—h—0/2 —p—|
|-0/2——-2 -|
|—————|
B B/D# B/E B
I had a long talk with the block dog
F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids
B B/D# B/E B
He’s happy as a block dog
F#sus4 B
Every day the choice is his
|————————————————————-|
|————————————————————-|
|—h-h—2—0———0—h-h—2—————-0-2-3-0-2-0—|
|-0/2/5—4—0-2-4-5—-0/2/5—4-2—5-4-0-4-5—-0——-5-|
|————0-0-0-0-0—————-00————-0——-0-|
|——-0———————-0————0-0-0————0-|
|—————————|
|——h-p——————|
|—h—0/2 -0——p-p——|
|-2/4——4-4—32 —0-|
|—————0——-2—|
|—————————|
B B/D# B/E B
I ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
B F#sus4
I ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
B B/D# B/E B/F B/G
I ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
But I’m tryin’ all the time
|—————————————————————|
|——————0——————————————-|
|——s—0-2—0——0—0—-s—0-2——————0-2-3-0-2-|
|—-2/4—————5——2/4——-2—-5-4-0-4-5———0-|
|————0————————0—00——————0-|
|-0—0————5———0-0——————0-0-0———-|
|———————————-*7—-*5——|
|————h-p——————-*7—-*5——|
|-0——h—0/2 -0——p-p———*7—-*5——|
|—5—2/4——4-4—32 —0—*7—-*5——|
|—0—————-0——-2——*7—-*5——|
|—0——————————*7—0———|
* = harmonics
CHORDS: 6 5 4 3 2 1
===========
Asus2(add C#) x 3 2 3 0 1
B 0 0 0 0 0 0
B/D# 4 0 0 0 0 0
B/E 5 0 0 0 0 0
B/F 6 x x x x x
B/G 7 x x x x x
Bmaj7 x 4 0 0 0 x
F#sus4 x 0 1 0 0 x
F#sus4″ x 0 1 0 0 3
F#7sus4 x 0 1 0 0 1