I Wish I Was Still Drinking Chords by Colin Hay

[N] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ I wish I was still drinking whiskey, wine and beer
The sound of glasses clinking, [G] so sweet to my [A] ear
[D] I wouldn't have to listen [Bm] to the time that's running out
[D] I'd use it much more wisely _ _ _
I'd drink and fall about
I _ [G]
wish I was still drinking, [D] then I'd have no fear
[G]
I'd tell you how to fix the world, then [A] have another beer
[G] I wouldn't have to feel the pain [Bm] that's in a mother's eyes
[A]
I'd drink till [D] I believed the sound
Of [A]
my own drunken [D] lies
_ [G] Mmm, mmm, [Bm] mmm, mmm, _ [G] mmm, mmm, [A] mmm, mmm, mmm
[D] I _ _ wish I was still drinking when nothing is too clear
Like the TV evangelist fueling [A] people's fear
[D] Taking all their heart and cashing the [Bm] name of the Holy One
[D] The days are surely numbered
_ _ _ Their day will surely come
_ [G] I wish I was still drinking, [D] I was a lot more fun
[G] Life of the endless party, [A]
friends with anyone
[G] I wouldn't have to answer [Bm] for the promises I broke
[D] Like the president today
Or [A] when he drank and [D] snorted coke
_ [G] Mmm, [A] mmm, [Bm] mmm, mmm, _ _ [G] mmm, mmm, mmm, [A] mmm, mmm, mmm, [D] mmm _
_ Wish I was still drinking, then I wouldn't have to hear
The [Dm] sound of rapid [G] gunfire exploding [A] in my ear
[D] I'd drink through the nightmares [Bm] of friends crying out for help
[D] I would drink through everything [A] I've seen or [D] heard or felt
_ [G] Wish I was still drinking, [D] oh I really, really do
[G] I'd gather all my fair weather [A] friends like him and her and you
[G] I'd count all the missing [Bm] teeth that can no longer chew
[D] I'd even drive my old white car
_ _ _ Cause she likes drinking too
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, I wish I was still drinking whiskey, wine and beer
The sound of glasses clinking, [G] so sweet [A] to my ear
[D] I wouldn't have to listen to the [Bm] time that's running out
I'd [D] use it much more wisely _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I'd drink and [D] fall about
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] Mmm, mmm, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] mmm, mmm, _ _ [G] _ [A] mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm _ _ _ _ _ _
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