8 Dogs 8 Banjos Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

8 Dogs 8 Banjos by Old Crow Medicine Show is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A 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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E
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Intro: 
E       A    (2x) 
D   E   A  D 
A   E   A   


       E          A 
Eight Dogs, eight banjos    (x2) 
D                        E 
Tell me what you need in the whole wide world 
A                        D 
Tell me what you need my pretty little girl 
      A     E     A 
Eight dogs, eight banjos 


    E             A 
Hot coffee, sweet tea    (x2) 
D                        E 
Tell me what you need in the whole wide world 
A                        D 
Tell me what you need my pretty little girl 
      A     E     A 
Hot coffee, sweet tea 


(fiddle solo) 


       E          A 
Good loving, hard times    (x2) 
D                        E 
Tell me what you need in the whole wide world 
A                        D 
Tell me what you need my pretty little girl 
      A     E     A 
Good loving, hard times 


       E          A 
Eight Dogs, eight banjos    (x2) 
D                        E 
Tell me what you need in the whole wide world 
A                        D 
Tell me what you need my pretty little girl 
      A     E     A 
Eight dogs, eight banjos 


E           
    Ma'am? 
A 
    A family of eight? 
E                     A         D   E   A   D 
    Eight dogs and eight banjos 
A           E             A 
Yes ma'am, we're talking happiness here 


(fiddle solo) 

     E             A 
Corn whiskey, dirt weed    (x2) 
D                        E 
Tell me what you need in the whole wide world 
A                        D 
Tell me what you need my pretty little girl 
      A     E     A 
Corn whiskey, dirt weed 


    E            A 
All morning, all night    (x2) 
D                 E 
Come on boy don't hesitate 
A                 D 
Kiss a pretty girl before it's too late 
      A     E     A 
All morning, all night  


       E          A 
Eight Dogs, eight banjos    (x2) 
D                        E 
Tell me what you need in the whole wide world 
A                        D 
Tell me what you need my pretty little girllllllll 
      A     E     A         
Eight dogs, eight banjos 
    	

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