Kurt Fortmeyer - My Dog Jesus

      MY DOG JESUS Kurt Fortmeyer - capo 3rd fret

Strum Pattern Bass string DU you can also improvise with the chords removing a finger here
                             and there that's how Kurt plays it

[Verse 1]
        Em           G
I found Jesus in the fall of '99
       C                            Am              D
He was living with a Mexican in the trailer next to mine
Em                   G
I got down on my knees
Em                    G                A
He walked right up to me and licked my face
C                                D                      C
Old Pablo said He likes you so I guess that you're okay
                  D
I said What's his name

[Chorus]
N.C           C                            E7
That's my dog Jesus now before you get all mad
                G
There's lots of reasons why he's got a name like that
       C                   E7
He's a shepherd and a good one
     C                          E7
He's Man's best friend and then some
   C               E7           Am
He loves me and forgives me no matter what I do
    C                                      D
The kind of friend who'd give his life for you
N.C           G
That's my dog Jesus

[Verse 2]
        Em           G
I found Jesus on my porch at 4 AM
           C                              Am            D
I couldn't stand to hear him crying I got up to let him in
Em                    G
That's when I saw the light
         Em              G            A
From the trailer next to mine burning down
   C                         D
By sunrise Shady Acres was a patch of smoking ground
    C                       D
And Jesus was nowhere to be found

[Bridge]
       C                                          G
Twelve people searched the rubble calling out his name
    C                 E7                  Am
The firemen must have thought we all were crazy
    C                                                   G
But like the rest I knew I could have perished in those flames
      C                E7              D       Dm
And I would have too except that Jesus saved me

[Verse 3]
N.C      Em             G
I found Jesus 'cause of what that dog showed me
      C                   E7         Am                    D
I was baptized three days later in a church right down the street
Em                  G
My sins were washed away
      Em          G                     A
I was crying as I prayed but through my tears
  C                                  D
I heard that preacher saying hey who brought that dog in here
    C                          D
And Pablo he answered loud and clear

[Chorus]
N.C           C                            
That's my dog Jesus now before you get all mad
                G
There's lots of reasons why he's got a name like that
       C                   E7
He's a shepherd and a good one
     C                          E7
He's Man's best friend and then some
   C            E7             Am            D
He loves me and forgives me no matter what I do
    C                                      D
The kind of friend who'd give his life for you
N.C           G     C  D
That's my dog Jesus
              G     C
That's my dog Jesus
          D
Thank you Jesus

End on G