Standard (EADGBE)

Happiness, hurt like a train on a track

Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back

She hid around corners and she hid under beds

 She killed it with kisses and from it she fled

With every bubble she sank with a drink

 And washed it away down the kitchen sink

Chorus

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

 The horses are coming so you better run

Run fast for your mother run fast for your father

Run for your children and your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your loving behind you

 Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

Chorus

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

can you hear the horses cuz here they come

 And I never wanted anything from you

 Except everything you had

 And what was left after that too. oh.

Happiness it hurt like a bullet in the head

Stuck from a great height

 By someone who should know better than that

Chorus

 The dog days are over

 The dog days are gone

Can you hear the horses

 Cuz here they come

 Run fast for your mother and fast for your father

Run for your children for your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your loving behind you

 Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

Chorus

 The dog days are over

 The dog days are gone

Can you hear the horses

 Cuz here they come

 The dog days are over

 The dog days are gone

 The horses are coming

 So you better run