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