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(Chord Progression is generally:
A7//D7//A7
D7//E7
A7//D7
A7//E7//A7

Give me one good reason
I should waste another minute on you
Yeah show me some hard fact
that doesn't sound like you've been stretching the truth
You been gone 13 days
and I've been doing alright
But damned if foolin around
don't sound good for the night
Just give me one reason
I shouldn't call it off and tell ya we're thru

Give me one good reason
I should let you get another word in
I know what you're getting at
but everybodys mama knows where you've been
You've made a name for yourself
With all your squirreling around
But damned if those lips
ain't the best in the south
Just give me one good reason
Not to send you back the way you rode in

Give me one good reason
Not to tame that dog and make him behave
Yeah he might be known for his bite
but I'll take his sweet side to my grave
You shine him up with a bath
You take him out for a walk
You teach him to sit,
How to shake, how to talk
But then before you know it
you'll wish you never got him to stay
And you'll go back out on the town
a'lookin for a brand new stray

(Day 3)

I generated some bluesy chords from this Ukulele Chord Generator I often use: https://ukulelego.com/ukulele-chord-progressions/
Once I started plucking around with them, and singing nonsense lines over the chords, this story just kind of told itself. I love a good blues song, and I like the twist to this story, that basically this narrator is always drawn to these stray dog-type good for nothing rascals, but basically once they're tamed and they've lost their rascal-ness, the narrator just wants a new one!

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from June Song​-​a​-​Day 2019, released July 1, 2019

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Songwriter for the Emmy Award Winning "GreenBeats" series on WHRO, Educator at The Muse Writers Center and vanquisher of cheese plates.

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