Verse
B
I was hungry and I was cold,
G#m
had a father far too old
B C#7 F#maj7 F#
Couldn't make it to the place he'd like to be
B
In a tree trunk in the park,
G#m
he was living in the dark
C# G# C#
Keeping other dogs like him for company
B
And in the evening I'd go down
G#m
to a nightclub in the town
B C#7 F#maj7 F#
Try to get some bread to make another way
B
Back to the park I'd go,
G#m
dig him out of the snow
C# G# C#
You know he's lived a thousand years day to day
D#m
Well, the days get shorter
and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
A#m
If you love one another,
could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
D#m
And at this moment in time
you couldn't make up your mind
B
Now could you ever understand
F# B
Are you following me
F# B
just like Moses to the sea
A# D#m C# B
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
F# B
When I'm long dead and gone
F# B
will your love for me go on
A# D#m C# B
Will I be the one you run to in the end
F# G#m F# B A
And all my dogs need a friend
F# A F#
B G#m
It was a quarter to three in the summer of '73
B C#7 F#maj7 F#
When I heard somebody call outside my door
B
Said 'Are you friend or are you foe'
G#m
He looked up and he said
C# G#
No, but I'd like to come inside
C#
and know you more
D#m
Well, the days get shorter
and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
A#m
If you love one another,
could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
D#m
And at this moment in time
you couldn't make up your mind
B
Now could you ever understand
F# B
Are you following me
F# B
just like Moses to the sea
A# D#m C# B
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
F# B
When I'm long dead and gone
F# B
will your love for me go on
A# D#m C# B
Will I be the one you run to in the end
F# G#m F# B A
And all my dogs need a friend
A F# A F# A F# A F# A F#
Need a friend Need a friend