Intro
| B | B | B | B |
[Verse]
B
I wish I was still drinking
B
Whiskey wine and beer
B E F#
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
B E G#m
I wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out
B
I use it much more wisely
F# B
I drink and fall about
[Verse]
E
I wish I was still drinking
B
Then I’ll have no fear
E F#
I’d tell you how to fix the world then have another beer
E G#m
I wouldn’t have to feel the pain that’s in a mother’s eyes
B | B |
I drink till I believe the sound
E B
of my own drunken lies
[Bridge]
| E F# | G#m |
| E F# | B |
[Verse]
B
I wish I was still drinking
B
When nothing is to clear
B E F#
Like the TV evangelist fuelling peoples fear
B E G#m
Taking all their hard-earned cash in the name of the holy one
B
The days are surely numbered
F# B
The days will surely come
[Verse]
E
I wish I was still drinking
B
I was a lot more fun
E F#
Life of the endless party, friends with anyone
E G#m
I wouldn’t have to answer for the promises I broke
B
Like the president today,
F# B
or when he drank and snorted coke
[Bridge]
| E F# | G#m |
| E F# | B |
[Verse]
B
I wish I was still drinking
B
Then I wouldn’t have to hear
B E F#
Sound of rapid gun fire exploding in my ear
B E G#m
I drink through the nightmares of friends crying out for help
B
I would drink through everything
F# B
I’ve seen or heard or felt
[Verse]
E
I wish I was still drinking
B
I really really do
E F#
I get it on my fair-weather friends, like him and her and you
E G#m
I count all the missing teeth that can no longer chew
B | B | B |
I even drive my old white car
F# B
Cause she likes drinking to
[Verse]
B
I wish I was still drinking
B
Whiskey wine and beer
B E F#
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
B E G#m
I wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out
B | B | B | B | B |
I use it much more wisely
F# F#
I drink and fall about
[Outro]
| E F# | G#m |
| E F# | B |
| E F# | G#m |
| E F# | B |
| B | B | B |