Key: G major
Intro 1
B
G#m
E
B
F#
B
Verse 1
B
man
B
E
He says down and out Jimmy's his name
E
B
F#
B
And he tells me the drink is to blame
F#
B
G#m
And his eyes, they are dull and glazed over
B
E
And his coat so disheveled and marred
B
G#m
He spent half his years under the table
E
B
F#
B
And the rest of them propping up the bar
B
E
On the wall was a bar sign that read
B
G#m
If a man cannot drink what he's given
E
F#
How the hell can he
G#m
So every man brings a glass to the ceiling
B
F#
E
For all those in too deep to be saved
E
B
F#
And we'll drink ourselves into our
B
G#m
B
E
B
G#m
E
B
F#
grave
B
G#m
Well, old Jimmy's a sucker for the whisky
B
E
He drinks it like water all night
B
G#m
E
Till the ugliest prince sits upon his knee
B
F#
B
And he invites her home for the night
And his tab,
F#
B
F#
G#m
it must stretch to the thousands
B
F#
E
But his wallet is barren and bare
B
F#
B
So when the city boys come
F#
G#m
E
here and askin'
G#m
B
F#
B
Good sir, have you a five minute spare?
G#m
So the landlord he put him a double roof
B
E
On the wall as a bar sign in bed
B
G#m
If a man had a roof on his head
E
B
Then how the hell can he
F#
B
drink when he's dead?
So every man raise your
B
E
For all those in 2D to be saved
B
G#m
We'll laugh and we'll dance to be merry
E
B
F#
B
F#
B
E
And we'll drink ourselves into our grave
B
G#m
F#
E
F#
B
F#
G#m
B
F#
E
B
G#m
E
B
F#
B
G#m
So the landlord, he poured in the ground
B
E
On the wall was a bar sign of dread
B
G#m
If a man cannot drink what he's living
E
B
F#
How the hell can he drink
So every man ran through
B
E
For a mosey ticket to be saved
B
F#
G#m
I love the looks that set me free
E
B
F#
I will take a step into my
B
F#
G#m
E
G#m
B
F#
grave
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ChordsB G#m E F#
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