Salty Dog Blues Chords

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Salty Dog Blues by Bluegrass is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, A7, D and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			(G) Standin on the corner with the (E)low down blues 
(A7) Great big hole in the bottom of my shoes 
(D) Honey let me (D7)be your Salty Dog.(G) 

CHORUS 
(G) Let me be your (E)Salty Dog 
Or (A7)I won't be your man at all 
(D) Honey let me (D7)be your Salty Dog.(G) 

Looky here Sal,       I know you 
Run down stockin' and a worn out shoe 
Honey let me be your Salty Dog. 

Repeat Chorus 

Down in the wildwood sitting on a log 
Finger on the trigger and eye on the hog 
Honey let me be your Salty Dog. 

Repeat Chorus 

Pulled the trigger and they said go 
Shot fell over in Mexico 
Honey let me be you Salty Dog. 

Repeat Chorus
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante