Tom: Em
Am
I'm a young married man and I'm tired of life
G
For years I've been married to a poor sickly wife
Am G
She does nothin' all day but to sit there and sigh
Am Em Am
Wishin' and prayin' that she-ee could die
[Verse 2]
Am
A friend from the village was talkin' one day
G
I told him me wife was a-fadin' away
Am G
He afterwards told me that she would get strong
Am Em Am
If I got a bottle from old Doctor John
[Verse 3]
Am
Well I bought her one bottle to give her good cheer
G
The way that she drank it you'd swear it was beer
Am G
I got her a second, and it went the same
Am Em Am
I think she's got cod liver oil on the brain
[Verse 4]
Am
Oh doctor, oh doctor, oh dear doctor John
G
Your cod liver oil is so pure and so strong
Am G
I'm afraid of me life I'll go down in the soil
Am Em Am
If me wife don't stop drinkin' your cod liver oil
[Verse 5]
Am
Well it gave her good cheer and of that there's no doubt
G
Each week she got better and then she got stout
Am G
And as she got fatter of course she got strong
Am Em Am
I think there's a devil in old Doctor John
[Verse 6]
Am
There's bottles and bottles all over the house
G
But as she got strong I'm as quiet as a mouse
Am G
I've got to the stage if the kettle should boil
Am Em Em
I'd swear it was singing of cod liver oil
