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You Can Eat Dog Food

Tom Paxton
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
quit  your bellyaching bub
 saying you can't afford your  grub
 saying a dollar ain't a dollar  no more
 tell me buddy what's new
can't  afford to buy bread no more
 well this ain't a charity  store
 you say your kid's are hungry  too
 well it's good news for you
 Chorus!
 you can eat dog food!
 you really ought to try it!
 you can fricassee  it!
 you can deep fry it!
 flip it on over!
 eat it any way!
 eat along with rover,
 3 times a day!
 it comes in a bag or a can
 just the meal for a working man
 if you're down on your luck just now
 it'll get you through the day
 if you eat in the afternoon
 you're gonna feel like baying at the moon
 but you're complaining too soon
 this is all I gotta say!
 you can eat dog food!
 you really ought to try it!
 you can fricassee it!
 you can deep fry it!
 flip it on over! cook it any way!
 eat along with rover, 3 times a day!
 find yourself a little vacant lot
 clean the garbage from a little spot
 light a fire let the coals get hot
 ask the neighbors in!
 you can open up a can or two
 make patties like the swell folks do
 have yourself a little barbecue
 and let the fun begin!
 chorus and out.

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Readable chord sheet for You Can Eat Dog Food by Tom Paxton

[G7]quit your bellyaching bub
saying you can't afford [C]your grub
saying a dollar ain't a doll[F]ar no more
tell me buddy what's new   [G]
[G7]can't afford to buy bread no more
well this ain't a char[C]ity store
you say your kid's are hungry[F] too
well it's good news for you   [G]

Chorus!
you can eat dog [F]food!
you really ought to try [C]it!
you can fricasse[G]e it!
you can deep fry [C]it!
flip it on ov[F]er!
eat it any way![C]
eat along with rove[G]r,
3 times a day! [C]

it comes in a bag or a can
just the meal for a working man
if you're down on your luck just now
it'll get you through the day

if you eat in the afternoon
you're gonna feel like baying at the moon
but you're complaining too soon
this is all I gotta say!

you can eat dog food!
you really ought to try it!
you can fricassee it!
you can deep fry it!
flip it on over!  cook it any way!
eat along with rover, 3 times a day!

find yourself a little vacant lot
clean the garbage from a little spot
light a fire let the coals get hot
ask the neighbors in!

you can open up a can or two
make patties like the swell folks do
have yourself a little barbecue
and let the fun begin!

chorus and out.

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