Rush - Dog Years: chords

D#    F
In a dog's life
           D#/G             F
A year is really more like seven
D#           F
And all too soon a canine
          D#/F#          F/A
Will be chasing cars in doggie heaven

A#           C
It seems to me
       A#               C
As we make our own few circles 'round the sun
A#         C
We get it backwards
        A#/D           C/E
And our seven years go by like one

Chorus:
G   D/F#             D            E
Dog years, it's the season of the itch
G   D                    A            G
Dog years, with every scratch it reappears

In the dog days
People look to Sirius
Dogs cry for the moon
But those connections are mysterious

It seems to me
While it's true that every dog will have his day
When all the bones are buried
There is barely time to go outside and play

Chorus:
Dog years, it's the season of the itch
Dog years, with every scratch it reappears
Dog years, for every sad son of a bitch
Dog years, with his tail between his ears

F                G               F
I'd rather be a tortoise from Galapagos
       G         F          G
Or a span of geological time
I'd rather be a tortoise from Galapagos
Or a span of geological time
         D#               F
Than be living in these dog years
Living in these dog years

In a dog's brain
A constant buzz of low level static
One sniff at the hydrant
And the answer is automatic

It seems to me
As we make our own few circles around the block
We've lost our senses
For the higher level static of talk

Chorus:
Dog years, for every sad son of a bitch
Dog years, with his tail between his ears

In the dog years
In the dog years
In the dog years
In the dog years
In the dog years