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Standard tuning
Verse 1:
(slow, 3/4 time) C G C G
Well, I’ve drunk to drown on every ocean I’ve been
DO SOL REm SOL
Lake Tanganyika, where the crocodiles swim
(fast 4/4) C G C G
Halifax, Nova Scotia to Van Diemen’s land
DO SOL REm SOL
Well I drank with the Sultan down the Suez Canal
Chorus
DO SOL
Cause every dog has it’s day
DO SOL
Like every woman, she gets her own way
DO SOL
And if there’s a ship that sails tonight
FA DO SOL DO SOL
I’ll captain that, too... just to be there with you
Verse 2:
DO SOL DO SOL
Well there was old Jerry Rooney, who was mad as a mule
DO SOL REm SOL
Spillblood Maloney had a head like one, too
DO SOL DO SOL
That night on the bridge with my shovel in hand
DO SOL REm SOL
Well he threatened to kill me I’m sure he picked the wrong man
CHORUS
Verse 3:
DO SOL DO SOL
Well there was mutiny in Lagos aboard the mean ship Skondi
DO SOL REm
Ten or twelve days in prison till the bastards set me free
SOL
McCloskey, you’re free
Instrumental:
DO SOL DO SOL DO SOL REm SOL
CHORUS
DO SOL DO SOL DO SOL REm
Verse 4:
(slow 3/4) C G C G
Now I love the sea, and she wants me back
DO SOL REm SOL
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
DO SOL REm SOL
I must head for the Chinas Pray to God I don’t drown
CHORUS X3
End on C chord
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