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Every Dog Has Its Day by Flogging Molly
Every Dog Has Its Day
INTRO / MANDOLIN BREAKDOWN
1 + + 4 + + 1 + + 4 + + 1 + + 4 + + 1 + + 4 + +
E|--------0---|------------|--------0---|------------|
A|3~~---3---3-|--------0-2-|3~~---3---3-|--------0-2-|
D|------------|5~~---5-----|------------|5~~---5-----|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
1 + + 4 + + 1 + + 4 + + 1 + + 4 + + 1 + + 4 + +
E|--------0---|------0-----|------------|------------|
A|3~~---3---3-|5~~-----5-3-|0~~---0-3-0-|2-----------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
VERSE
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------0---|----------------|------------0---|----------------|
A|3-------------3-|------------0-2-|3-------------3-|------------0-2-|
D|----------------|5---------------|----------------|5---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|------------0---|--------0-------|----------------|------------0-1-|
A|3-------------3-|5---------5---3-|0-----------3-0-|2---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
CHORUS
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|3-------3-0-----|----------0---1-|3-------3-0-----|----------------|
A|--------------3-|5-------5-------|--------------3-|5-------3-----2-|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|1---------------|
A|3-----------3-0-|----------5---3-|0-------3-------|----------------|
D|----------------|5---------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
POST-CHORUS
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E|0---------------|------------1---|0---------------|----------------|
A|------------5-3-|----------------|------------5-3-|------------0-2-|
D|----------------|5---------------|----------------|5---------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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version 2
Standard tuning
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
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
CHORUS
C G C G C G Dm
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
End on C chord
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
the pace for the ending choruses
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