Verse 1
A           F#m      E   B7   E 
A black dog followed me 
              D              Dbm7      A7 
We chased the seagulls in the sky 
        B7             E7 
And the shadows on the sand 
 
Verse 2
         A              F#m 
Well, if Dad was in the Navy 
          E         B7       E 
I'll be a riverboat gambling man 
 
Bridge
    D7 
Not counting the buffet 
                                   B7       E 
I’d walk with a thousand dollars a day 
    D7 
Oh, Dad always said 
                               B7 
If he could have he would have loved to live 
     E       E7 
this way 
 
Verse 3
A        F#m             E      B7   E 
Sick and lonesome and in need 
   D7             B7    E 
Of discipline and company 
D7                B7    E    E7 
The discipline of company 
 
Chorus
     A                          Bm 
Well, I guess I can describe it best 
       D                 G           F 
As the year the lion left the family crest 
     A                     Bm 
And we made a crown out of the space that 
     D 
was left 
 
Outro
E      E7     A