Sep 10, 2026

Hey Jake (She's So Fluffy)

IN DOG's COUNTRY album coverFrom the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2007 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Notes:

In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This song is a conversation between Mal (a stray dog) and Jake (a young dog with a crush on a squirrel).

This one also has a proper lead sheet.

Lyrics:

Mal:
Hey Jake, don't get it wrong
Your attraction, that's not love
You’re a hunter, and squirrels are meant to be caught
Don’t give a thought to how she’ll suffer

Jake:
OK, maybe you're right; it's not true puppy love
Maybe this craving's for the hunt instead

Mal:
Yes Jake, you are a dog
Who lives and eats and breathes
You should be hunting like a real live dog
Do you dare to fetch your meal rare?

Jake:
Hey little squirrel look out here I come
I think I got a deep down hunger for my teeth in your bones
I’m coming to your home

You’re so beautifully fluffy and seeing you’s making me jones
I can’t tell if it’s blood or it’s love that’s making me crazy
You’re so fluffy...

Chords:

INTRO:
| D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7 |
VERSE:
| A | A/C# | D | D/F# |
| A | A/C# | D | D/F# | E7 | A | A7 |
CHORUS:
| D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | G | A7 | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7
|
VERSE:
| A | A/C# | D | D/F# |
| A | A/C# | D | D/F# | E7 | A | A7 |
CHORUS:
| D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | G | A7 | D D/C# | Bm Bm/A | E | E7
|
Switch to 6/8
| E7 | E7 |
ENDING:
| Am Am/G# |Am/G Am/F# | F | E7 | (4x)
| Em Em/D# |Em/D Em/C# | C | B7 | (8x)

Listen:

Here Boy

IN DOG's COUNTRY album cover

From the album In Dog's Country
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2007 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Notes:

In Dog's Country is a musical about two dogs, a cat, a squirrel, and The Man. This song is a confrontation: The Man is looking for his lost dog, Jake, but instead runs into Mal, a stray dog.

This one also has a proper lead sheet.

Lyrics:

The Man:
Here boy, here boy
Man, where is that dog?
Here boy 

Mal (appears from a shadow):
Hey Man, over here boy
The Man is just a boy
Here boy

The Man:
Hey Mal, where’s Jake now?

Mal:
Your dog has run away now
He’s gone boy
Thanks to what you done, boy
Well the little Man is all alone, feeling down, oh no
No little dog, with no neck to ring
After all, where’d he end up?
Here boy!

What’s a little Man to do?
How about another dog to take down
What’s the harm, do you dare?
Here boy!

Hey Man, do you understand? 
This dog masters the Man 
Here boy

I’ll take you down
You can’t run now
You’re out of town
You’re in Dog’s Country now

Chords:

Verse: Gm D7 Gm D Bb F C C7
Pre-chorus: Bb Am Gm F (2x) C C7 Gm D7 Gm D7
Riff: Am C Dm Eb F Gm

Listen:

Sep 9, 2026

Hard Moon Crash

From the album World Famous in Chapel Hill
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2001 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

It took a thousand daily doses of daisies
To get this far
How’s a mountain sound they said
Mum’s the word on disastrous, dangerous, understated heights

From night to day in the blink of an eye
Safe to deep in the thick of it
I’ve never seen a faster sunrise
Blinded by cold hindsight

In an iceless freeze
All the pinholes burn bright

So far the flowers are furthest away
I’m even nostalgic for diesel
I never knew everything I needed could be so simple
So hard to breathe, or hold in your fingers

In an iceless freeze
All the pinholes burn bright

And all the windows turn to night
Every fall or spill or broken toe on trails
Seems like brighter days

In an iceless freeze
All the pinholes burn bright

Chords:

Verse
C % Am F
E Am G F
E F D F

Chorus
(G Gsus) C Csus-C
G Gsus C Csus-C
G Gsus D F

Bridge
D F E D F D E F D E F D E F

Listen:

Sep 5, 2026

Half Assed

POST album coverFrom the album Post
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2010 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Half-assed is better
Than nothing at all
Half-assed is better
Than nothing at all, nothing at all, nothing at all!

Chords:

A D (4X)

F G F C, F G C E

Streaming:

Video:
  • I made a demo version of this song, just to make a dumb video. (Usually the song comes before the video.)
  • Here's a rare live performance.

Aug 19, 2026

Guys Like Girls

POST album cover

From the album Post
Words & music by Billy Dechand
© 2010 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

CHORUS:
Guys like girls and girls like guys
Some guys like guys
Some girls like girls
Some guys like girls who like other girls
Some girls like guys who like other guys

B:  She caught my eyes, made me blush
G:  When he smiles, I feel flush
B:  When I see her
G:  When I see him
BG: We love them
Love needs no disguise
Why hide, just let if fly
There's nothing more beautiful

CHORUS

G:  Here's to every girl in love
B:  Here's to every guy in love
G:  Raise it up
B:  Hold it high
BG: We love you
Love needs no disguise
Why hide, just let if fly
There's nothing more beautiful

CHORUS

B:  Some things in life, you just gotta do
G:  When love calls, stand up, get to it
B:  It's very clear
G:  Standing near
BG: It's why we're here
Love needs no disguise
Why hide, just let if fly

CHORUS

Streaming:

Aug 2, 2026

Gus (lyrics)

From the album Hold On
Words and music by Billy Dechand
© 2003 Bucktooth Music (ASCAP)

Lyrics:

Good old Gus got on the bus
Everyone smiled ‘cuz they knew
They were in for a ride
Gus meant fun

Gus for all, all for Gus
A million-mile trip was like a walk on the seaside
He was good times Gus
Gus got things done

I wanna be just like Gus
I got love in my heart
And the power of trust
I wanna be just like Gus
Let it all hang out
Get crazy, yeah yeah

Gus was alright, grabbed the wheel of the bus
He set our sites on the top of the hill
That was the goal that was hidden from the rest of us
That's our Gus

That’s how it goes if you ride with Gus
Gus was the man who knew where to take the bus
Gus spoke love
That’s how the winners win

Chords:

Intro
||: G7 - - Ab7 | G7 - - Ab7 :||
Verse
| Dm | C | Dm | C | G7 - - Ab7 | G7 - - Ab7 |
Chorus
| D7 | C Bb | D7 | C Bb | Am G | F E | % |
Bridge1
| D | % | % | % |
Bridge2
| D | C | D | C | D | C | D | C |
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