Colin Hay – I Wish I Was Still Drinking (Guitar)

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[Intro] | D | D | D | D | [Verse]
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Whiskey wine and beer

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The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear

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I wouldn't have to listen to the time that's running out

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I use it much more wisely

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I drink and fall about
[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking

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Then I'll have no fear

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I'd tell you how to fix the world then have another beer

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I wouldn't have to feel the pain that's in a mother's eyes

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I drink till I believe the sound

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of my own drunken lies
[Bridge] | G A | Bm | | G A | D | [Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking

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When nothing is to clear

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Like the TV evangelist fuelling peoples fear

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Taking all their hard-earned cash in the name of the holy one

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The days are surely numbered

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The days will surely come
[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking

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I was a lot more fun

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Life of the endless party, friends with anyone

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I wouldn't have to answer for the promises I broke

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Like the president today,

            A                D
or when he drank and snorted coke
[Bridge] | G A | Bm | | G A | D | [Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking

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Then I wouldn't have to hear

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Sound of rapid gun fire exploding in my ear

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I drink through the nightmares of friends crying out for help

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I would drink through everything

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I've seen or heard or felt
[Verse]
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I wish I was still drinking

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I really really do

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I get it on my fair-weather friends, like him and her and you

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I count all the missing teeth that can no longer chew

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I even drive my old white car

A                        D
Cause she likes drinking to
[Verse]
D
I wish I was still drinking

D
Whiskey wine and beer

D                                G           A
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear

D                                G                   Bm
I wouldn't have to listen to the time that's running out

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I use it much more wisely

A                 A
I drink and fall about
[Outro] | G A | Bm | | G A | D | | G A | Bm | | G A | D | | D | D | D |