Cod Liver Oil chords by Val Doonican

Chords with lyrics

Cod Liver Oil - Val Doonican

Bass - then 2 up-plucks
Alternate bass notes A minorAm then Am/E etc

Intro:
A minorAm Am/E x2

Verse 1:
A minorAm
I'm a young married man and I'm tired of life
G+G
For years I've been married to a poor sickly wife
A minorAm                      G+G
She does nothin' all day but to sit there and sigh
A minorAm       E minorEm       A minorAm
Wishin' and prayin' that she-ee could die

Verse 2:
A minorAm
A augmentedA friend from the village was talkin' one day
G+G
I told him me wife was a-fadin' away
A minorAm                    G+G
He afterwards told me that she would get strong
A minorAm     E minorEm     A minorAm
If I got a bottle from old Doctor John

Verse 3:
A minorAm
Well I bought her one bottle to give her good cheer
G+G
The way that she drank it you'd swear it was beer
A minorAm                 G+G
I got her a second, and it went the same
A minorAm        E minorEm    A minorAm
I think she's got cod liver oil on the brain

Verse 4:
A minorAm
Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear doctor John
G+G
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong
A minorAm                    G+G
I'm afraid of me life I'll go down in the soil
A minorAm          E minorEm      A minorAm
If me wife don't stop drinkin' your cod liver oil

Verse 5:
A minorAm
Well it gave her good cheer and of that there's no doubt
G+G
Each week she got better and then she got stout
A minorAm                   G+G
And as she got fatter of course she got strong
A minorAm        E minorEm    A minorAm
I think there's a devil in old Doctor John

Verse 6:
A minorAm
There's bottles and bottles all over the house
G+G
But as she got strong I'm as quiet as a mouse
A minorAm                     G+G
I've got to the stage if the kettle should boil
A minorAm        E minorEm     E minorEm