Tears For Fears - Dog's A Best Friend's Dog: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Dog's A Best Friend's Dog" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

  D#m   F#   G#
Shame, dog shame
A#m D#m
I know what's wrong
 G#
Man's too old and wise
             D#m   G#    F#
Bring in the dog, turn on
A#m
Down the mountain rescue
G#
Slip and slide when sunny
A#m
Small cat better move along
        G#
Or this bitch could do some harm, baby
C#
Straight as an arrow
                   D# C# D#
I'm walking the dog

D#m
Three's a crowd
G#                        F# G#
Two's a dog and me playing
A#m               G#                        D#m
Free as a cloud, no one ever really knew you
                  G#
Make clear your illusion no, no, no, no

Chorus:
D#
Some dreams you dream you alone
F#
You thank Christ you're coming home
G#
You better, better give the dog a bone
D#
Go, go, go, go, chew, chew, chew, chew
D#
Some dreams you dream alone
F#
Go get a life and ease the pain
D#
Dog's a best friend's dog
D#
Dog's a best friend's dog

D#     A#m
Word, speech, blurred, bleached
A#m
Tell Mr. Godot I'm walking the dog
             D#
Walking the dog

Chorus

D#                     G#
Dog's a best friend's dog
D#                     G#
Dog's a best friend's dog
D#                     G#
Dog's a best friend's dog
D#    G#               D#   G#
Some dreams you dream you alone
D#                     G#
Dog's a best friend's dog


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

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 "Dog's A Best Friend's Dog" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Dog's A Best Friend's Dog" by Tears For Fears.