I really love this song! The lyrics are just incredible. You're going to be changing the bassnotes throughout the whole song. I'll try to get the bassnotes right, they are pretty important for the sound of the song. Intro: C - C/G - C - C/G C - C/G - C - C/G

^Cthe food was as ^C/GI like it... ^GCold, ^G/Dwet ^FAnd in that wonderful ^F/Ctin can shape ^C ^C/G ^AmI had it marked in a ^Am/Epaw print ^Fon the dog ^F/Cdoor C C C/B C/A G the day that I finally planned my escape

^Cthe milkman, ^C/Ghe tried ^Gyou can bet I wanted to ^G/Dsurvive ^Fbut the truck it just ^F/Ccame ^Cfar too ^C/Gfast ^AmSo I write on these ^Am/Escraps ^Fmy remembrances ^F/Cpast ^Cso you don't ^C/Gblame yourself ^Gthat I've ^G/Ddied

^Fthey put horses out to ^F/Cpasture ^Cand the birds come ^C/Ghome to roost ^Fain't nothin' for a ^F/Cpuppy ^Cbut the backyard on the ^C/Gloose ^Fnow I know my job was ^F/Cto ^Clie idly ^Ambeside ^Fthe way the sun ^Gretreats for the ^Cmoon ^C/G

i had ^Cdreams of ^C/Gwalking ^Gthe world on my ^G/Down ^Ffour on the ^F/Cfloor ^Cevery night ^C/Gall alone ^Ami was ready ^Am/Eto work ^Ffor the scruff on my ^F/Cneck ^Cyearning to find ^C/Gsomething ^Gof my own to ^G/Dprotect

^Cmy bark, then, was ^C/Gsurely ^Gbigger than my ^G/Dbite ^Fchewing the cud ^F/Ccould've been ^Cmy biggest dog ^C/Gfight ^Amand you know how they ^Am/Esay ^Fwe only hear ^F/Ccertain things that you say ^Cwell, it never mattered much to ^C/Gme ^Gbut for the will of the ^G/Dway

^Bbnow I loosen this ^Fcollar ^Cfor a dog bone bow ^C/Gtie ^Bbto go up and ^Fmeet ^Cthe big dog in the ^C/Gsky ^Bbi'll tell him when I get ^Fthere ^CI was spoiled in your ^C#dimplace with the ^Fhopes that my ^F/Cspirit ^Gis honored by your grace

^Cso after you read ^C/Gthis ^Gmemoir one ^G/Dday ^For after you ^F/Chear ^Cmy lonesome song ^C/Gplay ^Amdon't you trouble your ^Am/Emind ^Fthis old hound's doin' ^F/Cfine ^Cyou know, goodbyes are just ^C/Gwords ^Glike a clock is to ^G/Dtime

^Cso sorry I'm not with ^C/Gyou ^Gso sorry I can't ^G/Dbe ^Fplease know ^F/CI was ^Cthe best friend this old ^C/Gmutt could be ^Amif you remember that ^Am/Espot ^Fwhere my favorite tree ^F/Cgrows ^CI hung up my ^C/Gleash on a ^Gbranch ^Cnow it's yours

Hope you like it, I think it's pretty correct.

The Milk Carton Kids - Memoires of an owned dog