Salty Dog Blues Chords

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Salty Dog Blues by Flatt & Scruggs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, A, D and E. 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 low down blues 
A Great big hole in the bottom of my shoes 
D Honey let me be your Salty 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 Dog. 
 
G Listen here Sal, well I know you 
A Run down stockin' and a worn out shoe 
D Honey let me be your Salty Dog. 
 
chorus 
 
G Down in the wildwood sitting on a log 
A Finger on the trigger and eye on the hog 
D Honey let me be your Salty Dog. 
 
chorus 
 
G Pulled the trigger and they said go 
A Shot fell over in Mexico 
D Honey let me be you Salty Dog. 
 
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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante