Down to the Old Pub Instead
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
by Stephen Lynch
from ^ÓSuperhero^Ô (2002)


INTRO:
G ^Ö D - C ^Ö D


VERSE 1:
G                     D
Lad it^Òs your duty....
     C                        D
with child-bearing hips....
    G                     D                     C     D
And make her you wife and....
          G                     D
Now, some rivers run high....
         C                         D
When her river runs red....
         G                       D                       C    D
And it^Òs called menstruation....
         Em                      C
You will notice her bloomers....
      G                 D
Stand back, her ovarian....
   Em                      C
So don^Òt be afraid....
     G                      D
Just wad up some cotton....
C
Put the old linens....
    C                        D
get out of the house....

  G     D   C   D
instead.


VERSE 2:
       G                     D
She^Òll retain her water....
    C                         D
And every third word that....
    G                       D                     C      D
Get out of the house and....
           G                         D
And she^Òll want to make love....
             C                  D
Cause you^Òll only end up....
    G                    D                     C      D
Get out of the house....
           Em                     C
And she^Òll want you to sample....
    G                         D
But son it^Òll taste like....
   Em                          C
So turn off the lights boy....
    G                         D
And drop to your knees....

     C
Then he^Òll give you the strength....
        C                  D
And for Ireland^Òs sake....

  G     D   C   D
instead.


VERSE 3:
        Em                         C
Now the pub is the place....
G                            D
When the moon^Òs full and....
    Em                        C
The catholic, the protestant....
    G                          D
The pub is the place when....
   C
So drink of your pint boys....
        C
That as men folk we don^Òt....
         C
And that we can escape....
        C                       D
And get out of the house....

e]------------3---
B]----------3-----
G]--------0-------
D]------0---------
A]----2-----------
E]--3-------------
  instead.