Verse
A
I was hungry and I was cold,
F#m
had a father far too old
A B7 Emaj7 E
Couldn't make it to the place he'd like to be
A
In a tree trunk in the park,
F#m
he was living in the dark
B F# B
Keeping other dogs like him for company
A
And in the evening I'd go down
F#m
to a nightclub in the town
A B7 Emaj7 E
Try to get some bread to make another way
A
Back to the park I'd go,
F#m
dig him out of the snow
B F# B
You know he's lived a thousand years day to day
C#m
Well, the days get shorter
and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
G#m
If you love one another,
could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
C#m
And at this moment in time
you couldn't make up your mind
A
Now could you ever understand
E A
Are you following me
E A
just like Moses to the sea
G# C#m B A
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
E A
When I'm long dead and gone
E A
will your love for me go on
G# C#m B A
Will I be the one you run to in the end
E F#m E A G
And all my dogs need a friend
E G E
A F#m
It was a quarter to three in the summer of '73
A B7 Emaj7 E
When I heard somebody call outside my door
A
Said 'Are you friend or are you foe'
F#m
He looked up and he said
B F#
No, but I'd like to come inside
B
and know you more
C#m
Well, the days get shorter
and the nights get longer
And you never learn to know
G#m
If you love one another,
could you look at each other
Could it ever really show
C#m
And at this moment in time
you couldn't make up your mind
A
Now could you ever understand
E A
Are you following me
E A
just like Moses to the sea
G# C#m B A
Do you think I'll give you freedom in the end
E A
When I'm long dead and gone
E A
will your love for me go on
G# C#m B A
Will I be the one you run to in the end
E F#m E A G
And all my dogs need a friend
G E G E G E G E G E
Need a friend Need a friend