Jason Lytle

Ghost Of My Old Dog

Jason Lytle


Tom: Em

[Intro]
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[Verse]
     And she would know,
     /In the photos,
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     For it was she,
     /Where I would pose,
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     Who said that I,
     /With the pets that I once
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     I looked happy,
     /had,
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     But they're all gone now

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     To an earthen bed.

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Continue the same finger picked style:

  Strummed / Picked
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    Don't yell at me,
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   Cause you can't see
Em 
   Who I'm thinking of

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(Same chords becoming progressively more electric/barre chords:)

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You act as if, you've caught me with, Someone I used to love
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Well I guess you've caught me, But you won't stop me, And I'll never have enough
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I'm only talking! I'm only laughing! With the ghost of my old dog!

[Bridge]

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   ahhhh ahh  
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   ooohhhh ahhh  
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   ooohhh aahhhh
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     But they're all gone now

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     To an earthen bed.

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    Don't yell at me,
G  

   Cause you can't see
Em 

   Who I'm thinking of

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(Same chords becoming progressively more electric/barre chords:)

G              Em                     B7                C   
You act as if, you've caught me with, Someone I used to love
G                              Em                     B7                C   
Well I guess you've caught me, But you won't stop me, And I'll never have enough
G                 Em                 B7                       C    
I'm only talking! I'm only laughing! With the ghost of my old dog!