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Zach Bryan – Dog Days Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
C  G  D  Em x4

[Verse 1]
           C       G      D  Em
Welcome to dog days darlin'
           C       G      D  Em
welcome to hard times too.
         C          G           D        Em              C          G   D  Em
All them tumultuous times of my stubborn youth, Just the trouble in you

[Instrumental Break]
C  G  D  Em x4

[Verse 2]
         C        G      D  Em
And with dog days darlin'
              C                 G      D  Em
I ain't never eat from a silver spoon.
         C             G              D             Em           C       G     D  Em
All this bureaucratic, gotta have it, surface level shits got me feeling blue.

[Pre-chorus]
           C     Dadd11  Em11
On the day I....I........I.....Was born

[Chorus]
G         Em             D        C
They told me I was never gonna be somethin'
      G       Em           D         C
Gotta make it through them dog days, darlin'
       G          Em        D          C
If you want to go far, then you all go alone.
      G            Em       D           C
But I ain't a boy, darlin', I'm all the way grown


[Instrumental Break]
C  G  D  Em x4

[Verse 3]
           C        G      D  Em
Welcome to hardwork brother.
              C       G      D  Em
Welcome to me working harder.
           C        G            D           Em                  C          G       D  Em
Welcome to me being stronger for longer, and always just going a little bit farther.
               C                  G       D  Em
Did i tell you about the dog days darlin'.
                 C            G     D  Em
Let me tell you about writin' a song
                C             G      D               Em            C        G                   D  Em
Let me tell you about writing things down your whole life, Just to spend it rightin' your wrongs

[Instrumental Break]
C  G  D  Em x4

[Verse 4]
          C        G      D  Em
Well with dog days darlin'
           C       G      D  Em
Welcome to young manhood.
           C              G             D          Em            C         G               D  Em
Welcome to everything you ever said and everything you ever did, and being miss understood.

[Pre-chorus]
           C     Dadd11  Em11
On the day I....I........I.....Was born

[Chorus]
G         Em           D     C
They told me I was never gonna be somethin'
      G       Em           D         C
Gotta make it through them dog days, darlin'
       G          Em        D          C
If you want to go far, then you all go alone.
      G            Em       D           C
But I ain't a boy, darlin', I'm all the way grown

[Outro]
  G           Em       D           C
I ain't a boy dog, I'm all the way grown.
  G           Em       D           C
I ain't a boy dog, I'm all the way grown.
  G           Em       D           C
I ain't a boy dog, I'm all the way grown

How to play Dog Days: key, chords and progression

Dog Days by Zach Bryan is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 6 chords: C, G, D, Em, Dadd11 and Em11.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G – D – Em (IV – I – V – vi in G major), a rotation of the four-chord pop progression that starts on the IV chord. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Dadd11 and Em11 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.