Ron Sexsmith – Upward Dog (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] G [Verse 1]
 C
Sunlight peeking through a hole in the clouds

                 F                           C
The sign on the tree house says "No Girls Allowed"

       G
Everything seems as it should be

    Am
And yet there's something wrong

     Em
It's not all that it could be

F                      C     F
For a would-be upward dog
[Verse 2]
C
One night it occurred to me in my bed

                        F                                C
All these doubts and uncertainties, they're all in your head

           G
Trying to break this downward spiral

     Am
You wake up in a fog

        Em
Your mistakes are going viral

     F                      C
But turn your smile upward dog
[Chorus 1]
F
Upward dog always taking the high road

C
Ridding your mind of these jaded disciples

G                            F
Picking the world up by the scruff of the neck

Am              D           G            C      G    C
Spending every day like it was a blank cheque

    D              G
Go get 'em upward dog.
[Verse 3]
 C
Sunlight breaking through a cloud in my mind

                 F                          C
The sign on the dollhouse reads "No Boys Inside"

      G
Everybody's up and at 'e

   Am
Or else they're sawing logs

        Em
If you can't join 'em beat 'em

F                  C
Go get 'em upward dog.
[Chorus 2]
F
Upward dog never taking the low road

C
Ridding your mind of these train-hopping hobos

G                             F
Picking the world up by the scruff of the neck

     Am            D            G              C     G    C
Not wasting every day like it's all a stacked deck

      D              G
Love beckons upward dog.
[Instrumental] C F C [Verse 4]
      G
Everybody's up and at 'em

   Am
Or else they're sawing logs

       Em
If you can't join 'em beat 'em

F                  C
Go get 'em upward dog
[Chorus 3]
F
Upward dog, always taking the high road

C
Ridding your mind of these jaded disciples

G                             F
Picking the world up by the scruff of the neck

        Am           D           G           C     G    C
And not facing everyday like it was a train wreck

    D              G
Go get 'em upward dog