D G A D
[Verse 1]
D D G D
Well, as I came home on Monday night, as drunk as drunk could be
G D G
I saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be
D G
So, I called me wife and I says to her, “Will you kindly tell to me
D G Em A D
Who owns that horse outside the door, where my old horse should be?”
[Chorus 1]
D D G D
"Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see
G A D
That’s a lovely sow, that me mother sent to me!"
D G D
"Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more
G A D
But a saddle on a sow sure I never saw before."
[Verse 2]
D D G D
And as I came home on Tuesday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
G D G
I saw a coat behind the door, where my old coat should be.
D G
So, I called me wife and I says to her, “Will you kindly tell to me
D G Em A D
Who owns that coat behind the door, where my old coat should be?"
[Chorus 2]
D D G D
"Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see
G A D
That’s a woollen blanket that me mother sent to me."
D G D
"Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more
G A D
But buttons in a blanket sure I never saw before."
[Verse 3]
D D G D
And as I came home on Wednesday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
G D G
I saw a pipe upon the chair, where my old pipe should be.
D G
So, I called me wife and I says to her, "Will you kindly tell to me,
D G Em A D
Who owns that pipe upon the chair where my old pipe should be?"
[Chorus 3]
D D G D
"Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see
G A D
That’s a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me."
D G D
"Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more
G A D
But, tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before."
[Verse 4]
D D G D
And as I came home on Thursday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
G D G
I saw two boots beneath the bed, where my old boots should be.
D G
So, I called me wife and I says to her, "Will you kindly tell to me,
D G Em A D
Who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be?"
[Chorus 4]
D D G D
"Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see
G A D
They’re two lovely geranium pots my mother sent to me."
D G D
"Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more
G A D
But laces in geranium pots sure I never saw before."
[Verse 5]
D D G D
And as I came home on Friday night, as drunk as drunk could be,
G D G
I saw a head upon the bed, where my old head should be.
D G
So, I called me wife and I says to her, "Will you kindly tell to me,
D G Em A D
Who owns that head upon the bed where my old head should be?"
[Chorus 5]
D D G D
"Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see
G A D
That’s a baby boy that me mother sent to me."
D G D
"Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more
G A D
But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before."
(Repeat)
D D G D
"Ah, you’re drunk, you’re drunk, you silly old fool, still you cannot see
G A D
That’s a baby boy that me mother sent to me."
D G D
"Well, it’s many a day I travelled, a hundred miles and more
G A D
But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before."
[Outro]
D G A D
"But a baby boy with his whiskers on sure I never saw before."
