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I'll Name The Dog

Blake Shelton

CountryAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
F#mDiagram coming soon
D××
E
Bm×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: A  F#m  D  D 
 
A 
Daddy drove the wheels off a flatbed Ford  
F#m 
Flies found the hole in the old screen door  
D 
Granny said the dress that my sister wore  
   D 
To church wasn't long enough  
 
A 
Momma poured grease in a Chrisco can  
      F#m 
Put a hundred thousand miles on a Sears box fan  
D 
Uncle Joe put tobacco on my hand  
           D 
Where them yellow jacket's torn me up  
    F#m                 E 
And I ain't making this up  
 
A 
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy  
F#m                         D              E 
In a different language you might not understand  
A 
Oh, that's alright  
F#m                               D             E 
That's just the kind of life that made me who I am  
                         D 
Just taking my mind on a visit  
                      A 
Back in time 'cause I miss it  
                         Bm 
You wouldn't know how to love it like I love it  
           D 
Unless you lived it  
           A 
And man, I lived it  
 
( F#m D D ) 
 
A 
Granddaddy smoked Salems with the windows up  
F#m 
Drove me around in the back of that truck  
   D 
We drank from the hose and spit in the cup  
D 
We all survived somehow  
 
A 
Them old Duke boys, they're flattening them hills  
F#m 
Hollywood was fake, wrestling was real  
         D 
Wouldn't dream of spending that two dollar bill  
D 
From pushing a lawnmower 'round  
F#m                   E 
I go back there right now  
 
A 
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy  
F#m                         D              E 
In a different language you might not understand  
A 
Oh, that's alright  
F#m                               D             E 
That's just the kind of life that made me who I am  
                         D 
Just taking my mind on a visit  
                      A 
Back in time 'cause I miss it  
                         Bm 
You wouldn't know how to love it like I love it  
           D 
Unless you lived it  
           A         F#m 
And man, I lived it  
          D          D 
Oh man, I lived it 
 
A 
Oh, you think I'm talking crazy  
F#m                         D              E 
In a different language you might not understand  
A 
Oh, that's alright  
F#m                               D             E 
That's just the kind of life that made me who I am  
                         D 
Just taking my mind on a visit  
                      A 
Back in time 'cause I miss it  
                         Bm 
You wouldn't know how to love it like I love it  
           D 
Unless you lived it  
           A         F#m 
And man, I lived it  
          D          D 
Oh man, I lived it  
 
A 
          
 

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Chord set

A · F#m · D · E · Bm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.