Flogging Molly - Every Dog Has Its Day

      Standard tuning

[Verse 1]
(slow, 3/4 time)     C    G                       C     G
Well, I’ve drunk to drown    on every ocean I’ve been
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Lake Tanganyika,  where the crocodiles swim
(fast 4/4)     C     G                  C     G
Halifax, Nova Scotia   to Van Diemen’s land
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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]
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Well there was old Jerry Rooney,   who was mad as a mule
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Spillblood Maloney   had a head like one, too
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That night on the bridge    with my shovel in hand
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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]
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Well there was mutiny in Lagos    aboard the mean ship Skondi
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Ten or twelve days in prison    till the bastards set me free
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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
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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
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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]
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