Down to the Old Pub Instead
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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.
