Gonna Buy Me A Dog

gonna buy me a dog : the monkees . album - the monkees - #1 on A# hot 200 on colgems records in 1966 . ( the song is mostly them screwing around . . but the song got a lot of air time in some areas . . plus , it was a request . ) Intro : B A E #1 . E you know my girl just called me up . . and she E7 woke me from my sleep . E you should have heard the things she said . . E you know she hurt my feelings deep . A i’m going to buy me a dog . Chorus : ad lib : A E a dog? . . a dog . . why? why? cause i need a friend now . ( babe , you need all the friends you can get , i’m telling you . ) E A i’m gonna buy me a dog . . my girl , my girl don’t love B me , no how . . ( don’t ruin my song , man . . it’s the only song i have! the song was already ruined before it was wrote . ) #2 . E she used to bring my newspaper . . ( you don’t even know where it’s at! ) E cause she knew where it was at . . she used to keep me A E so contented . . but i can teach a dog to do that! Chorus : ad lib : E A i’m gonna buy me a dog! ( you can’t teach dogs to do that , you can only train elephants . ) A E cause i need a friend now . . ( i need a friend now , now , yeah . ) E A i’m gonna buy me a dog . . ( a dog , here rover , fido , spot . . ) B my girl , my girl don’t love me , no how . ( 1 , 2 , 3 . . 1234567 . . hike!hike!hike! i was late on that one . ) i just got back from africa , ya know , i was playing cards with the natives . . oh , zulus? . . no , i usually won , ha - ha . i wish i had a glass of water . . why , are you thirsty? no , i want to see if my neck leaks . i’d buy a raccoon but john already has one . . $35 bucks . where do i come in? here? Chorus : ad lib : E A i’m gonna buy me a dog . . ( dog . . a dog , umm yeah . ) E cause i need a friend , now . . ( yeah , yeah . . bop - bop - she - bop - bop - rama - lama - . ) E A B i’m gonna buy me a dog . . my girl , my girl don’t love me , no how . ( how - how - how now , brown cow? ( i think i’m gonna buy me a dog , yes sir . . i’m gonna buy me a dog . if i was looking for a word to describe what i’m gonna buy i think dog would be the word . would it be dog? it would be dog . definitely dog . it would come springing from my lips , dog . . boing , boing boing . it would be springing! is that it , tommy?can you turn it off please? can somebody open the door and let us out? they’re coming to take us away! ha - ha , he - he , ho - ho . ) ( fade . ) a sixties smash from kraziekhat .