Dog Days Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays651

Dog Days by Florence and the machine is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, Em and D. 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                                     Am Em D 
happiness, hit hurt like a train on a track.  
G                                          Am Em D 
coming towards her, stuck still no turning back.  
G                      G 
she hid around corners and she hid under beds.  
G                  Am              Em     D 
she killed it with kisses and from it she fled  
G                 G 
with every bubble she sank with a drink  
G             Am            Em      D 
and washed it away down the kitchen sink  

G                      G 
the dog days are over, the dog days are done 
G              Am        Em         D  
the horses are coming so you better run  
G                     
run fast for your mother run fast for your father  
G 
run for your children and your sisters and brothers  
G                            Am                     
leave all your love and your loving behind 
          Em                               D   
you can't carry it with you if you want to survive 
G                       
the dog days are over the dog days are done  
G                  Am         Em        D 
can't you hear the horses cuz here they come  

G         
and i never wanted anything from you 
G                                      Am   Em    D 
except everything you had and what was left after that too. oh.  
G                                      Am Em D 
happiness it hurt like a bullet in the mind  
G                                                   Am     Em   D                                          
stuck them up drainpipes by someone who should know better than that  

G                     G                
the dogdays are over, the dog days are gone  
G                Am         Em        D  
can you hear the horses cuz here they come  
G 
run fast for your mother and fast for your father  
G 
run for your children for your sisters and brothers  
G                            Am 
leave all your love and your loving behind you  
      Em                               D 
can't carry it with you if you want to survive  

G                      G 
the dog days are over, the dog days are gone  
G                Am             Em        D 
can you hear the horses because here they come X 2 
    	

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