Wild Old Dog Chords
Wild Old Dog by Patty Griffin is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C G Em C
C G D C
C G
God is a wild old dog
Em C
Someone left out on the highway
G
I seen him running by me
D G
He don't belong to no one now
C G
We dropped him out on 93
D C
Mange was setting in on his hips and on his knees
G
Between the highways running north and south
D C
We pulled on over and we put him out
G
Willie said he was old and going blind
D C
Momma told me how she didn't mind
G
When Willie kicked him with his shoe
D C
He just climbed on in just like he knew
C G
God is a wild old dog
Em C
Someone left out on the highway
G
I seen him running by me
D G
He don't belong to no one now
C Em
It's lonely on the highway
G D
Sometimes a heart can turn to dust
C
Get whittled down to nothing
Em
Broken down and crushed
C
In with the bones of
D
Wild old dogs
C
Wild old dogs
C G Em C
C G D C
G
We dropped him out on 93
D C
Tall grass was waving there just like the sea
G
He tore off running like we'd set him free
D C
Just disappeared right in front of me
C G
God is a wild old dog
Em C
Someone left out on the highway
G
I seen him running by me
D C
He don't belong to no one now
D G
He don't belong to no one now
G C G C G C G
End on G