"Dog Days Are Over" by Florence and the Machine (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: G major
  • Chord Family: G,G Whiz
  • Skills: Basic Strumming, Scratch Strum, "Accented" Strum, Open Chords

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INTRO
/G---/----/----/----/----/Am---/Em---/----/

VERSE 1
G                                         Am Em
  Happiness, it hurt like a train on a tra-a-ack
G                                             Am Em  
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning ba-a-ack  
    G
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
                   Am              Em      
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
     G
With every bubble she sank with a drink
               Am            Em       
And washed it away down the kitchen sink

CHORUS
G                      
The dog days are over

The dog days are done
                Am       Em              
The horses are coming so you better run
     G
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father

Run for your children and your sisters and brothers
                             Am
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
      Em                                
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
    G                    
The dog days are over

The dog days are done
                    Am      Em                
Can you hear the horses coz here they come 

VERSE 2
*1 DOWN STRUM per Chord
    G                        Am     Em
And I never wanted anything from you
       G
Except everything you had
                             Am      Em
And what was left after that too. oh.

*Back to normal Strum
G                                         Am  Em
  Happiness it hurt like a bullet in the mind

Stuck them up drainpipes
                              Am        Em
By someone who should know better than that


CHORUS
     G                      
The dog days are over

The dog days are done
                Am       Em              
The horses are coming so you better run

    G
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father

Run for your children and your sisters and brothers
                             Am
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
      Em                                
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

    G                    
The dog days are over

The dog days are done
                     Am     Em                
Can you hear the horses coz here they come ..(x2)
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