Every Dog Has Its Days

Verse 1:
        C    G                
Well, I've drunk to drown    on 
       C     G
every ocean I've been
           C    G         
Lake Tanganyika,  where the 
              Dm     G
crocodiles swim
               C     G      
Halifax, Nova Scotia   to Van 
            C     G
Diemen's land
                       C     G    
Well I drank with the Sultan   
             Dm    G
down the Suez Canal


Chorus:
             C            G
Cause every dog has it's day
            C                      
Like every woman, she gets her own 
 G
way
                  C             
And if there's a ship that sails 
    G
tonight
                    F              
I'll captain that, too...   just to
                C    G    C    G
 be there with you


Verse 2:

                          C      G
Well there was old Jerry Rooney,  
                   C    G
 who was mad as a mule
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              C    G              
Spillblood Maloney   had a head 
         Dm    G
like one, too
                    C     G       
That night on the bridge    with 
             C    G
my shovel in hand
                       C       G  
Well he threatened to kill me    
                            Dm    G
I'm sure he picked the wrong man


CHORUS

Verse 3:
                          C     G 
Well there was mutiny in Lagos    
                          C     G
aboard the mean ship Skondi
                        C     G   
Ten or twelve days in prison    
                        Dm
till the bastards set me free
    G
McCloskey, you're free


Instrumental:

C   G   C   G   C   G   Dm   G


CHORUS

C   G   C   G   C   G   Dm


Verse 4:

(slow 3/4)      C   G               
    C    G
Now I love the sea,   and she wants 
me back
                     C     G      
So I leave this ol' harbor   with 
               Dm    G
the wind at me back
(very slow)        C   G            
             C     G
Goodbye mother Theresa   I hope the 
kids settle down
                      C    G      
I must head for the Chinas    Pray
                  Dm     G
 to God I don't drown


CHORUS X3

End on C chord


That's the whole song.  Ideally 
you'd have drums, fiddle, and 
mandolin to fill
out the sound a bit, but this is a 
wonderful song as it is.  Remember 
to pick up
the pace for the ending choruses, 
and have fun with it!