Dog Eat Dog
Joni Mitchell
[Intro]
| N.C.---- - Dog eat dog
|C---- ----|C---- ----|C---- ----|C---- ----|
|C---- ----|C---- ---D/F#-|---D/A- ---D-|---D/F#- ---C-|
[Verse 1]
| C---- ----| C-- It's dog eat | Am7dog I'm just wa| Am7king up
The | Fdove is in the dungeon And the | F/Gwhite-washed hawks peddle | Am7hate and call it love| Am7---- (↓)----
Dog Ceat | Ddog | D Holy | Emhope in the D/Ehands of| EmSnakebite eD/Evangelists and racket(↓)eers
| F>--C/F> -->-| F And | G/Bbig wig D/F#financie(↓)rs
| G---- ----| G---- ----| G---- ----| G---- -(↓)---
Dog eat dog| C---- ----| C-- On primetime | Am7crime the victim | Am7begs
| FMoney is the road to justice And | F/G power walks it on | Am7crooked legs| Am7---- (↓)----
Primetime | Dcrime | D Holy | Emhope in the D/Ehands of | EmSnakebite eD/Evangelists and racket(↓)eers
| F>--C/F> -->-| F And | G/Bbig wig D/F#financi(↓)rs
| G>--> ----| G>--> ----| G>--> ----| G>--- >->-
[Chorus 1]
| BmWhere the wealth's dis| Bm7played, thieves and | CM7sycophants C/Dpa| Grade
And where it's | C6made, CM7the | Emslaves D/F#will be ta| Gken| G---- >->-
| BmSome are treated well | Bm7in these ga| CM7mes of C/Dbuy and | Gsell
And | C6some, like poor CM7beasts, are | Emburdened D/F#down to
| Gbreaking| G>--> ----| G>--> ----| G>-- -(↓)---
[Verse 2]
Dog eat dog| C---- ----| C-- It's dog eat | Am7dog, ain't it, flim-| Am7flam man?
| FDog eat dog, you can | F/Glie, cheat, skim, scam| Am7Beat 'em any way you can| Am7---- (↓)----
Dog eat | Ddog | D You'll do | Ewell in this land of| ESnakebite evangelists and rackete(↓)ers
| F>--C/F> -->-| F You could get to be a | G/Bbig wig D/F#financi(↓)er
| G>--> ----| G>--> ----| G>--> ----| G>-- >->-
[Chorus 2]
| Bm7Land of snap de| Bm7cisions, land of | Cshort atC/Dtention s| Gpans
Nothing is | C6savored long en| Emough to D/F#really un| Gderstand| G---- >->-
| Bm7In every culture | Bm7in decline, the | Cwatchful ones C/Damong the | Gslaves
Know all that | C6is genuCM7ine will be | Emscorned and D/F#conned and (↓) cast away
| G>--> ----| G>--> ----| G>--> ----| G>-- -(↓)---
[Outro] Fade Out
Dog eat dog| C---- ----| C---- ----| G>--> -People | G >looking, seeing nothing (Dog eat dog)
| C---- ----| C---- ----| G>--> People listening, | G >hearing nothing (Dog eat dog)
| C---- ----| C---- ----| G>--> People lusting, | G >loving nothing (Dog eat dog)
| C---- ----| C---- ----| G>--> People stroking, | G >touching nothing (Dog eat dog)
| C---- ----| C---- ----| G>--> Knowing nothing | G > (Dog eat dog)

