Salty Dog Chords
by Johnny Cash
Salty Dog by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A7, D, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro chords:
A7 D G C (twice)
Riff going into the first verse:
A7
E-------0-
B-------2-
G-------0-
D-------2-
A-3-2-1-0-
E---------
A7
Standin on the corner with the low down blues
D
Great big hole in the bottom of my shoes
G C
Honey let me be your Salty Dog
CHORUS
A7
Let me be your Salty Dog
D
Or I won't be your man at all
G C
Honey let me be your Salty Dog
Looky here Sal, well I know you
Run down stockin' and a worn out shoe
Honey let me be your Salty Dog
Chorus
Solo
Down in the wildwood sitting on a log
Finger on the trigger and eye on the hog
Honey let me be your Salty Dog
Chorus
Well I pulled that trigger and they said go
Shot fell over in Mexico
Honey let me be you Salty Dog
Chorus
Solo
Chorus
Chorus