Key: D
Introduction:
C(x2)
verse 1
Dm C Dm
I'm a young married man and I'm tired of life,
C G/B Am
Ten years I've been wed to a pale sickly wife,
Dm C
She's nothing to do only sit there and cry,
Dm C Am Dm
Praying and praying to God she would die.
verse 2
Dm
Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear Dr. John,
C C/B Am
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong,
Dm C
I'm afraid of my life, I'll go down in the soil,
Dm C Am Dm
If me wife don't stop drinking your cod liver oil.
Instrumental
C(x2)
verse 3
I bought her a bottle, well just for to try,
C(x4)
Verse 5
Me house it resembles a great doctor's shop