The Old Black Rum

            D                   
 I drank sixteen doubles for the 
  A        D
price of one,
   G                  D         
 trying to find the courage to 
E7          A
talk to the one,
              G  A   D       
 I asked her for a dance, not a 
     G A     D
second glance
     D         E7     A
 My night had just begun.

[verse]:
           D                       
 Well, I drink to the Father or the
  A     D
 Holy Ghost,
       G               D       
 I'm kneeling at the altar of me 
   E7      A
nightly post.
           G   A   D         
 So I'll raise a glass, not the 
    G     A   D
first nor last,
       D      A         D
 come join me in this toast.

[Chorus]:
              A                    
 Because the old black rum's got a 
 D
hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold 
on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day?

[verse]:
            D                   
 Well,the queen of George Street 
            A         D
just went walking on by,
  G         D             E7     
 walking on by with some guy who 
       A
don't care,
            G   A   D           
 that she stood in line, since 
G    A    D
half past nine,
      D            E7          A
 and spent three hours on her hair 
(on her hair!)

Continues after the ad
[verse]:
        D                          
 Her friend is looking at me with 
    A    D
an evil grin,
     G               D         
 I think the bloody racket might 
   E7     A
soon begin,
            G    A    D          
 I must've said something, to the
   G       A     D
 George Street queen,
      D         A     D
 the boys are joining in.

[Chorus]:
              A                    
 Because the old black rum's got a 
 D
hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold 
on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day?

[verse]:
        D                        A
 So I drank all my money and I 
               D
slept out in the rain.
  G            D              
 every day is different but the 
   E7                     A
nights they're all the same.
            G   A   D          G
 You never see the sun, on the 
     A    D
old black rum,
                      D   A   D
 but I know I'm gonna do it again 
(again!)

[Chorus]:
              A                    
 Because the old black rum's got a 
 D
hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold 
on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day?
                  A                
 Ah, Because the old black rum's 
     D
got a hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold 
on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D    G
 Will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day.

 Alan plays straight F chords, but 
doesnt
 barre them; F chord played with 
thumb and
 Bb chord a sort of half-barre w/ 
ring finger:

          F                     
 I drank sixteen doubles for the 
   C       F
price of one
   Bb                 F         
 trying to find the courage to 
G7          C
talk to the one
              Bb C  F        
 I asked her for a dance, not a 
    Bb C    F
second glance
     F         G7     C
 my night had just begun...
              C                    
 Because the old black rum's got a 
 F
hold on me
                     Bb   F   C
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          C                     F
 and the old black rum's got a hold 
on me
         F         C      F    Bb
 will I live for another day, hey!
         F         C      F
 will I live for another day?