Tyler Talks Back

"Tyler Talks Back" by Allen Levi From "Talking With Tyler" and "The Awakening Compilation" Words and music by Allen Levi Copyright 1996 Allen Levi www.allenlevi.com www.awakeningrecords.com Transcribed by t-rev@ccws.net http://ccws.net/t-rev ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo 2 on a standard-tuned six-string acoustic. INTRO Count 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . e- 0-----0-------- --------------- --------------- --------------- b- 2-0---0-------- 2-----3-------- --------------- 2-----3-------- g- 2-----2p1------ 2-----2-------2 --------------- 2-----2-------- d- 2-----2-------- 2-----0---2h4-- --------------- 2-----0-------- a- 0-----0-------- 4-------------- --------------- 4-2h4---------- e- --------------- 2-----0-------- --------------- 2-------------- A.....Amaj7.....F#m ..D........ .............. ............. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chord - Name X02220 A X02100 Amaj7,9 242222 F#m7 X00230 D 020130 E7 042222 F#m7/E 022100 E 22444X B X02020 A7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ intro A, Amaj7, F#m7, D verse A, D, E7, A bridge F#m, /E, D, E.....F#m, /E, D...B, D outro F#m, /E, D, E.....A7 ********************************************************* Transcribed 7/9/1998 by t-rev@ccws.net More tab available at http://ccws.net/t-rev ********************************************************* (This is Tyler's argument; I think it's a pretty good one:) intro He said "All God's creatures got a bit of pain Mine today is just a bit of rain But still I say from my point of view I would rather be a dog than a dude like you, yeah" (That's what he said.) verse "'Cause I can sleep all day, nobody bother me I get my meals absolutely free No boss-man tells me what I got to do I would rather be a dog than a dude like you... 'Cause your life is rough...ruff, ruff" Oh, na, na, nananana, yeah, mmm verse He said, "I never ever had to take a spelling test I never got hassled by the IRS From what I've seen your life's a zoo I would rather be a mutt than a man like you Yes I would." bridge He said, "You work each day from eight to five And you wait for Friday to arrive You geniuses have got it wrong My weekend lasts the whole week long 'Cause I'm a dog, dog Mmm, do, do...mmm... verse "I don't ever have to fuss with suits and ties I've got no mortgage to amortize I have no fear that I might get sued I would rather be a dog than a dude, a dude, a dude Zippity doo dah verse "So don't you pity me when you go inside My sun will shine and I'll get dried This cold, dark day I will weather through And I'll be happy I'm a dog and not a dude like you... Because bridge "On a scale of one to ten Dogs do better than working men What's the occasional alley cat Compared to all of those Democrats They take all your money, every dime." (It's his song) "I bet the president would like to be a dog sometimes, uh huh" (That's what he says. You realize, of course, that this is a song about envy, and this is the moral of the story, which I'm glad that Tyler included.) verse "You are you, I am me in God's big plan One's a dog and one's a man I guess the thing for us to do outro I'll be glad I'm me, and mister master you be glad I'll be glad I'm me, and mister master you be glad you're you But I would rather be a dog, a dog I'd rather be a dog than a dude like Than a dude like you, woh!"