Verse
E
I was hungry and I was cold,
C#m
had a father far too old
E F#7 Bmaj7 B
Couldn't make it to the place he'd like to be
E
In a tree trunk in the park,
C#m
he was living in the dark
F# C# F#
Keeping other dogs like him for company
E
And in the evening I'd go down
C#m
to a nightclub in the town
E F#7 Bmaj7 B
Try to get some bread to make another way
E
Back to the park I'd go,
C#m
dig him out of the snow
F# C# F#
You know he's lived a thousand years day to day
G#m
Well, the days get shorter
and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
D#m
If you love one another,
could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
G#m
And at this moment in time
you couldn't make up your mind
E
Now could you ever understand
B E
Are you following me
B E
just like Moses to the sea
D# G#m F# E
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
B E
When I'm long dead and gone
B E
will your love for me go on
D# G#m F# E
Will I be the one you run to in the end
B C#m B E D
And all my dogs need a friend
B D B
E C#m
It was a quarter to three in the summer of '73
E F#7 Bmaj7 B
When I heard somebody call outside my door
E
Said 'Are you friend or are you foe'
C#m
He looked up and he said
F# C#
No, but I'd like to come inside
F#
and know you more
G#m
Well, the days get shorter
and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
D#m
If you love one another,
could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
G#m
And at this moment in time
you couldn't make up your mind
E
Now could you ever understand
B E
Are you following me
B E
just like Moses to the sea
D# G#m F# E
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
B E
When I'm long dead and gone
B E
will your love for me go on
D# G#m F# E
Will I be the one you run to in the end
B C#m B E D
And all my dogs need a friend
D B D B D B D B D B
Need a friend Need a friend