Standard (EADGBE)

  or * or * or or or

Those alternate A, G and C chords sound more tense,

I use them as the song progresses, but whatever.

I also use the A* and G* in other bits as marked.

Gotta love this song.

 This old black dog is hounding me

 It waits 'round the corner and hides in the trees

 I feel the chill of something blown in on a breeze

 In the light of a cinema screen I hide

 Laughing I only feel empty inside

 Crying means nothing, I've nothing to say

 I wish I could kick this old black dog away

 And the worst part is knowing my part in it all

 Yeah the worst part is knowing its nothing at all

 Oh if I can pull myself together I'll try

 I can't explain the tear that sits in my eye

 I try to outsmart him but somehow he knows

 Wherever I am, that fucking dog goes

 I'll kill him the next time I swear I won't fail

 I'll kick in his ribs and I'll rip off his tail

 And the worst part is thinking it's something it's not

 Yeah the worst part is thinking it might never stop

 Oh if I can pull myself together I'll try

 I can't explain the tear that sits in my eye

Instrumental

 And the worst part is trying to explain it to you

 The worst part is knowing there's nothing to do

 Oh if I can pull myself together I'll try

 Oh but I can't explain the tear that sits in my eye

 If I can pull myself together I'll try

  ( repeat till the end)

Oh if I can't pull myself together I'll die