Johnny Cash - Dinosaur Song: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Dinosaur Song" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Dinosaur Song Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Johnny Cash

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Dinosaur Song" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

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Dinosaurs lived a long time ago
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They were terrible lizards don't you know
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Some ate plants and some ate meat
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Some ate fish and some ate beasts

One was called Diplodocus
One was bigger than your school bus
One was called a Triceratops
Three horns to stop anything that hops

Now can't you just see yourself walking along
Leading your pet Trachadon
Or feeding your Brontosaurus Rex
or scratching your Diplodocus' neck

Or riding on a Stegosaurus' back
Or swimming in Brachiosaurus' track

Oh what a time and oh what fun
playing  tag with your Iguanodon
And if we had dinosaurs now
Could they get along with a horse and a cow

hm, well I wish they hadn't
become extinct, dinosaurs
would be nice pets and friends
to have around to run outside
and play with every day don't you
think


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

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Guitar chord A#

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Guitar chord D#

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Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Dinosaur Song" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Dinosaur Song" by Johnny Cash.

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