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From: Brian Handy 
Subject: TAB:  Block Dog by David Wilcox

                                "Block Dog"

                              by David Wilcox

                  transcription by Bill Boroson (4/3/95)

Tune: 6 = B   3 = F#
      5 = F#  2 = B
      4 = B   1 = D#

Intro...

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|----2/4---------------5-----2/4-------2----5-4-0-4-5--------0-|
|------------0-----------------------0---00------------------0-|
|-0--0-----------5---------0-0------------------0-0-0----------|


|------------------------------------------0-----|
|------------h-p---------------------0-----------|
|-0------h--0/2\0-0-----p-p------0-----0---------|
|---5---2/4------4-4---3\2\0---0---0-----0----0--|
|---0----------------0-------2-------------------|
|---0--------------------------------------------|

        B    B/D#          B/E     B
I had a long talk with the block dog

              F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids

 B    B/D#      B/E    B
He's happy as a block dog

              F#sus4    B
Every day the choice is his


                B/E                B
'Cause they all feed him when he's hungry

         Bmaj7               Asus2(add C#)
They all keep him from the cold

          A+2
But he don't wear their collar

             F#sus4"         F#7sus4:hammer 0 to 1st fr., 1st stg
He makes the neighborhood his home



              B    B/D#        B/E    B
There'll be a fireplace in the winter

                       F#sus4
There's lots of houses down this street

 B     B/D#      B/E        B
Summertime he'll catch your frisbee

                            F#sus4"
Beg the best of your dinner meat


        B    B/D#          B/E     B
I had a long talk with the block dog

              F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids

 B    B/D#      B/E    B
He's happy as a block dog

              F#sus4    B
Every day the choice is his


       B    B/D#        B/E    B
I said Rusty, I'm gettin' married

                            F#sus4
I used to like your kind of life

            B        B/D#      B/E        B
But life's different now, it's like a garden

            F#sus4
I'd like to tend it with my wife


       B   B/D#         B/E     B
Dig in one spot make a straight row

                     F#sus4
Your only diggin' to hide the bone

    B      B/D#     B/E   B
But when I lived so free alone

               F#sus4
I had an empty harvest


        B    B/D#          B/E     B
I had a long talk with the block dog

              F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids

 B    B/D#      B/E    B
He's happy as a block dog

              F#sus4    B
Every day the choice is his

B            B/D# B/E   B
Rusty looked up, sad at me and said
F#sus4
"Dave, I understand
             B         B/D#     B/E     B
'Cause we're different now, I'm still a dog
           F#sus4
And you're acting like a man."  |---------------|
                                |---------------|
                                |------h-p------|
                                |--h--0/2\0--p--|
                                |-0/2-------2\0-|
                                |---------------|

        B    B/D#          B/E     B
I had a long talk with the block dog

              F#sus4
All summer he runs with the kids

 B    B/D#      B/E    B
He's happy as a block dog

              F#sus4    B
Every day the choice is his

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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--h-h--2---0---------0---h-h--2----------------0-2-3-0-2-0---|
|-0/2/5---4---0-2-4-5----0/2/5---4-2---5-4-0-4-5----0-------5-|
|-----------0-0-0-0-0----------------00-------------0-------0-|
|-------0----------------------0-----------0-0-0------------0-|

|--------------------------|
|------h-p-----------------|
|--h--0/2\0-0-----p-p------|
|-2/4------4-4---3\2\0---0-|
|--------------0-------2---|
|--------------------------|

B       B/D#    B/E   B
I ain't nothin' but a hound dog

B                     F#sus4
I ain't nothin' but a hound dog


B       B/D#    B/E  B/F  B/G
I ain't nothin' but a hound dog

But I'm tryin' all the time

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|----2/4---------------5-----2/4-------2----5-4-0-4-5--------0-|
|------------0-----------------------0---00------------------0-|
|-0--0-----------5---------0-0------------------0-0-0----------|


|----------------------------------*7----*5-----|
|------------h-p-------------------*7----*5-----|
|-0------h--0/2\0-0-----p-p--------*7----*5-----|
|---5---2/4------4-4---3\2\0---0---*7----*5-----|
|---0----------------0-------2-----*7----*5-----|
|---0------------------------------*7--0--------|

                                   * = harmonics




CHORDS:         6 5 4 3 2 1
                ===========
Asus2(add C#)   x 3 2 3 0 1

B               0 0 0 0 0 0

B/D#            4 0 0 0 0 0

B/E             5 0 0 0 0 0

B/F             6 x x x x x

B/G             7 x x x x x

Bmaj7           x 4 0 0 0 x

F#sus4          x 0 1 0 0 x

F#sus4"         x 0 1 0 0 3

F#7sus4         x 0 1 0 0 1