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[Verse 1]
         G           D               G           D
I had to go into the hills and see a man about a dog
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He said "Get here before the sun goes down"
         G            D                G        D
And so I get into the truck and turn a right at Friday Hut
          Gm6             Gm     G    D
I′ll come home around the town
                        G         D
The rain it slapped the land from sleep
       G              D
It was green within a week
          Gm6       D
Two birds escort me in
          Em7                       G
The world turning on the flash of a wing

[Chorus]
Bm                        G                        Bm
  And the worse that it was the better it will be
                     C                       D
You held onto the tail and that's a victory
Dm/F                          Em
All this talk of how to be happy
           A#                    D
And I′m off to see a man about a dog

[Hook]
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[Verse 2]
           G             D                   G                D
And when I get up to the shack first night I hear the big old cat
         G/B    D/A     G    D
Rumbling out at sea
             G                D
Yeah come on take the turn to land
           G                D
Not just a light show and a band
         Gm6        Gm     G    D
It's the soaking we need
           G                D
The farmer dreams of cattle fed
             G                D
Tonight he's working from his bed
       Gm6            D
On the roof the heavy drops
                  Em7            G
That′ll break the silence of the frogs

[Chorus]
Bm                        G                        Bm
  And the worse that it was the better it will be
                     C                       D
You held onto the tail and that's a victory
Dm/F                          Em
All this talk of how to be happy
A#                       D
  But not a little content
Dm/F                         Em
Naught 'til ′21's not a pity
            A#
When I′m off to see a man
A#                       D
Off to see a man about a dog

[Hook]
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[Verse 3]
           G                D
Old farmer limping down the lane
          G            D
His medal-winner's out again
       G/B      D/A     G    D
And he waves at me
                G            D
And through the wonder of it all
            G               D            Gm6    Gm      G     D
Put on Neil Young at Massey Hall seventy-two or three
              G               D
Yeah and it's dark when I get home
           G                D
And I feel something coming on
     Gm6        Gm
Blindfold, Arvo Pärt
           Em7                      G
I'm taking everyone on that drive I swear

[Chorus]
Bm                        G                        Bm
  And the worse that it was the better it will be
                     C                       D
You held onto the tail and that's a victory
Dm/F                          Em
All this talk of how to be happy
A#                       D
  But not a little content
Dm/F                        Em
I used to love the Greek women
A#                     D
  And now I love Greek men
Dm/F                    Em
  I′m a Stoic in the morning
A#                       D
Out the city gate before long
      Dm/F                            Em
Want no part of the new age that's dawning
          A#                A#
Cause I'm off to see a man, off to see a man
    A#                       D
I′m off to see a man about a dog

[Outro]
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           Em7                      G
I'm taking everyone on that drive I swear