Chords
Every Dog Has Its Days

Key: G

Introduction:

                     C         G                                                            C            G  
Well, I've drunk to drown         on every ocean I've been
                             C         G                                                            Dm            G  
Lake Tanganyika,    where the crocodiles swim
                                        C            G                                              C            G  
Halifax, Nova Scotia      to Van Diemen's land
                                                             C            G                                            Dm         G  
Well I drank with the Sultan      down the Suez Canal
                                  C                              G  
Cause every dog has it's day
                                C                                                            G  
Like every woman, she gets her own way
                                                C                                            G  
And if there's a ship that sails tonight
                                                     F                            C         G         C         G  
I'll captain that, too...      just to be there with you
                                                                     C              G                                                 C         G  
Well there was old Jerry Rooney,      who was mad as a mule
                                     C         G                                                            Dm         G  
Spillblood Maloney      had a head like one, too
                                                     C            G                                                    C         G  
That night on the bridge         with my shovel in hand
                                                             C                 G                                                                              Dm         G  
Well he threatened to kill me         I'm sure he picked the wrong man
CHORUS
                                                                     C            G                                                                      C            G  
Well there was mutiny in Lagos         aboard the mean ship Skondi
                                                                C            G                                                                      Dm  
Ten or twelve days in prison         till the bastards set me free
          G  
McCloskey, you're free
C      G      C      G      C      G      Dm      G  
CHORUS
                         C      G                                                 C         G  
Now I love the sea,      and she wants me back
                                                        C            G                                                      Dm         G  
So I leave this ol' harbor      with the wind at me back
                                C      G                                                                 C            G  
Goodbye mother Theresa      I hope the kids settle down
                                                          C         G                                                              Dm            G  
I must head for the Chinas         Pray to God I don't drown
CHORUS X3
      Cchºrd  
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