D                     A        D
 I drank sixteen doubles for the price of one,
   G                  D         E7          A
 trying to find the courage to talk to the one,
              G  A   D            G A     D
 I asked her for a dance, not a second glance
     D         E7     A
 My night had just begun.

[verse]:
           D                         A     D
 Well, I drink to the Father or the Holy Ghost,
       G               D          E7      A
 I'm kneeling at the altar of me nightly post.
           G   A   D             G     A   D
 So I'll raise a glass, not the first nor last,
       D      A         D
 come join me in this toast.

[Chorus]:
              A                     D
 Because the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day?

[verse]: 
            D                               A         D 
 Well,the queen of George Street just went walking on by,
  G         D             E7            A
 walking on by with some guy who don't care,
            G   A   D           G    A    D
 that she stood in line, since half past nine,
      D            E7          A
 and spent three hours on her hair (on her hair!)

[verse]:
        D                              A    D
 Her friend is looking at me with an evil grin,
     G               D            E7     A
 I think the bloody racket might soon begin,
            G    A    D             G       A     D
 I must've said something, to the George Street queen,
      D         A     D
 the boys are joining in.

[Chorus]:
              A                     D
 Because the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day?

[verse]:
        D                        A               D
 So I drank all my money and I slept out in the rain.
  G            D                 E7                     A
 every day is different but the nights they're all the same.
            G   A   D          G     A    D
 You never see the sun, on the old black rum,
                      D   A   D
 but I know I'm gonna do it again (again!)

[Chorus]:
              A                     D
 Because the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day?
                  A                     D
 Ah, Because the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D            G   D   A
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          A                     D
 and the old black rum's got a hold on me,
         D         A      D   G
 will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D    G
 Will I live for another day, hey!
         D         A      D
 Will I live for another day.

 Alan plays straight F chords, but doesnt
 barre them; F chord played with thumb and
 Bb chord a sort of half-barre w/ ring finger:

          F                        C       F
 I drank sixteen doubles for the price of one
   Bb                 F         G7          C
 trying to find the courage to talk to the one
              Bb C  F            Bb C    F
 I asked her for a dance, not a second glance
     F         G7     C
 my night had just begun...
              C                     F
 Because the old black rum's got a hold on me
                     Bb   F   C
 like a dog wrapped round my leg,
          C                     F
 and the old black rum's got a hold on me
         F         C      F    Bb
 will I live for another day, hey!
         F         C      F
 will I live for another day?