Intro
D 
 
Chorus
D                  A 
Every time I go to town 
                                D 
The boys keep a-kickin' my dog around 
                                A 
Makes no difference if'n he's a hound 
                                 D 
They gotta quit kickin' my dog around 
 
Interlude
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Verse 1
                               A 
Me and Lem Briggs and ol' Bill Brown 
                         D 
Took us a little walk to town 
                              A 
My old Jim dog, an orn'ry old cuss 
                           D 
He just naturally follered us 
 
Verse 2
                            A 
As we went by Joe Johnson's store 
                              D 
A passel of yaps come out the door 
                                       A 
Yellin' and a-screamin' and a-throwin' rocks 
                            D 
They run my Jim dog under a box 
 
Verse 3
                                 A 
Well Jim seed his duty there and then 
                       D 
He lit into them gentlemen 
                                  A 
He sure messed up that courthouse square 
                                                D 
With the rags and the meat and the hide and the hair 
 
Chorus
D                  A 
Every time I go to town 
                                D 
The boys keep a-kickin' my dog around 
                                A 
Makes no difference if'n he's a hound 
                                D 
They gotta quit kickin' my dog around 
 
{Outro] 
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