Flogging Molly – Every Dog Has Its Day (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
(slow, 3/4 time)     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

(fast 4/4)     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
[Chorus]
             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
[Verse 2]
                          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
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
[Verse 3]
                          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
[Instrumental] C G C G C G Dm G C G C G C G Dm [Chorus]
             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
[Verse 4]
(slow 3/4)      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

(very slow)        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)
             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
[Ending] C