Chords for Mary Gauthier "I Drink"

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_ _ He'd get home at 5.30,. fix his drink and sit [F] down in his chair. _ [G] Pick a fight with mama, complain about us kids [C] getting in his hair. _ _ At night he'd sit alone in smoke, I'd see his frown behind his [F] lighter's flame. [C] _ [D] [G] Now that same frown's in my mirror, I got my daddy's blood [C] inside my veins. _ Fish swim, _ _ [F] birds fly, [F#] [G] daddy's yell. _ _ [C] Mama's cry, old men sit [F] and [C] think. [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] [C] I drink _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ chicken TV dinner, six minutes on defrost, three [F] on high. _ _ [F#] _ [G] Beer to wash it down with, another, then some whiskey [C] on the side. _ [D#] _ [C] It ain't so bad alone here, it don't bother me that every [F] night's the [Am] same. [G] I don't need another lover hanging around, trying to make [C] me change. _ Fish swim, _ _ [F] birds fly, [F#] [G] lovers _ _ [C] leave by and by. Old men _ [F] sit and think, [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
I drink, [Em] I know _ _ [F] what I am, [C] [Em] but I don't _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] give a [Dm] damn. [C] _ [Dm] [C] Fish swim, _ [F] birds fly, [G] daddy's yell. _ [C] Mama's cry, _ old men _ [F] sit and [C] think. [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] I _ [Cm] drink. _