Lost Dog Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

Lost Dog by Sarah Jarosz is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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Intro: Em  

Verse 
Em  
Where did you sleep last night? 

Under the cold street light 
                         C 
Who last called you by your name? 
Em 
Where did you leave your peace? 

Other half of your broken leash 
                   C       D 
Why did you run so far away? 

 
Em 
Lost dog 
                               C 
Something ‘bout you breaks my heart 
 D                              Em 
Why you burying bones out in the yard? 
                                           C 
I don't know if I want to know where you've been 
D 
Lost dog 
                  Em 
Maybe I'll let you in 


verse 2 
Em 
Home's not a word you say 

Something made you stray 
                   C        D 
Off like a feather in the wind 
Em 
Where do you find the ground? 
Em 
Let yourself be found 
Em 
If I open my door 

Make you my friend 
                  C                  D 
Are you gonna run off and get lost again? 

Em 
Lost dog 
                           C 
Something ‘bout you breaks my heart 
D                                Em 
Why you burying bones out in the yard? 
Em                                  C 
I don't know if I want to know where you've been 
D 
Lost dog 
                   Em 
Maybe I'll let you in 


Bridge 
A                           Em 
You don't have to live this way 
A                        Em 
Hiding from the pouring rain 
A                                 C 
Running through the hunger and the pain 

Em 
Lost dog 
                             C 
Something ‘bout you breaks my heart 
D                                 Em 
Why you burying bones out in the yard? 
                                   C 
I don't know if I want to know where you've been 
D 
But lost dog, 
                Em 
Maybe I'll let you in 

Outro 
Em                                     C 
There's a broken in your eyes and it pulls me in 
D                              Em 
Will you let anybody get close again  
    	

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