Topic: New Chords Postings
A seasonal entry for today, "The Late September Dogs", from Melissa Etheridge's 1988 self-titled debut album. This has always been my favourite song from her first record. I could say I really like the passion with which this song is sung, and the emotion that builds throughout it, and it would be true. But it would seem a bit redundant, because does she do any other kind of song? 
I also like the bass playing in particular in this song. I think Kevin McCormick's bass playing added a very unique sound to her earlier records (he played on the first four), and he's really featured on this song. For that reason, I tried to find the studio version of the song to link to, but it wasn't easy.
The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/etheridgem-lateseptemberdogs.txt
It seems the audio can only be reached in a roundabout way. I found the song on a page at Imeem, but if I link directly to the page, it gets blocked out with a sign-in box. However, if you click the link below, then click the second link from the top on the Google search results page, you'll get to the same page, but the sign-in box won't appear. I don't know why, I don't ask questions, I just try to overcome obstacles. 
http://www.google.ca/search?q=melissa+etheridge+-+late+september+dogs&btnGNS=Search+imeem.com&oi=navquery_
searchbox&sa=X&as_sitesearch=imeem.com&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enCA335
Aside from that, there's a live version at YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRrniAqZDjc
Updated: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:22 AM EDT
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