Tribute To A Dog Chords by Walter Brennan

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_ [C] The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one
that never [F] deserts him, the one that never [C] proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.
_ A fellow's dog will [G] stand by him [E] in prosperity or poverty, [F] in health or in sickness.
[Fm] _ He will sleep on the cold [G] ground where [C] the winter winds blow and the snow [F] drives fiercely.
If [C] only he can be near his master's side, [F] _ _
[C] _ he'll kiss the hand that has no food to offer. _
[F] He guards the sleep of his proper master as if he were a [C] prince. _ _ _
When all other friends desert, well, that dog remains. _
[F] When riches take wings and reputations [C] fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as
the sun is in its journey through the heavens.
_ _ Now, if misfortune drives the master forth, an outcast [F] in the world, friendless and homeless,
[Fm] the faithful dog [C] asks no higher privilege than to just be with him to guard [Dm] against
danger [F] _ and to fight [C] against his enemies. _ _
[G#] _ _ _ [C#] _ And when the last scene of all [F#] comes and death takes the [C#] master in its embrace and his body
is laid away in the cold ground, _ no matter if all other friends [F#] pursue their way, _ there
by the [C#] graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, [Fm] his [G#] eyes [C#] sad but
open [F#] in alert watchfulness, _
_ [F#m] faithful and true, _ [C#] even _ [F#] in death. _ _ _ _ _
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