Passed-Out Dog by Cathal Coughlan
From the Cathal Coughlan’s 2021 Song of Co-Aklan album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
VERSE 1
[Am] I’m with the [Am7] passed-out [Am] dog
A chain a [Am7] round my [Bm] fist
The [Dm] warehouse clock reads ten to four
And the [E] darkness billows [Am] mist
VERSE 2
[Am] They said this [Am7] would not [Am] come
Trouble was [Am7] in re [Bm] treat
Now I’ve got [Dm] human bone meal in my hair
Cotton [E] threads between my [Am] teeth
VERSE 3
[Am] I’m with the [Am7] passed-out [Dm] dog
Another hungry [F] day
Where are your masters, [C7] boy?
Their kind will blaze a [Gm6] way
They’ll bring a big brass [Dm] band
And wear dress uni [Fmaj7] forms
The sense of savoir- [Cm] faire
That lets you laugh at [Gm6] storms
And the passed-out [Cm] dog
Oh my, how very [Am] odd
VERSE 4
[Am] I’m with the [Am7] passed-out dog
I’m from a [Am7] better [Bm] life
With [Dm] food on shelves and speak-and-spell
[E] Mother said “Don’t you [Am] fight”
VERSE 5
I could a [Am7] vert my [Am] gaze
’til sky and [Am7] earth just [Bm] flipped
And there were [Dm] empty bellies, grasping paws
The [E] future had been a [Am] trick
VERSE 6
I’m with the [Am7] passed-out [Dm] dog
Think what these walls have [F] seen
The melted golden [C7] calf
Scalding out the [Gm6] spleens
They’ll bring a big brass [Dm] band
They’ll line them up to [F] play
They’ll ask which town they’re [Cm] from
And then they’ll blaze a [Am] way
I’m with the passed-out [Cm] dog
I think a tomb’s been [Am] robbed
INTERLUDE
[Fm] Throw a party and sell some product
[Fm] The good family always rallies [Bb6] round
(Yours we know, yours we [Fm] know)
[Fm] You’ve got a lockup full of floral wet wipes
[Fm] You don’t know your up-line from your [Bb6] down
(A limited time offer)
[C#maj7] It makes no [C#7/F] move at all
The [Gaug] limbs grow stiff, a [A] blackbird calls
VERSE 7/OUTRO
I’m with the [Am7] passed-out [Am] dog
A chain a [Am7] round my [Bm] fist
An [Dm] engine throbs beyond this wall
And [E] headlamps light the [Am] mist