Intro
C F A# F (2x)
[Verse 1]
C F A# F
Everyone that greeted me, was moving slow and drinking fast
C F A# F
I was lost inside a painting on a wall
C F A# F
D pretty baby with a cigarette, was looking for a place to ash
C F A# F
Stumbling toward the voices down the hall
C F A# F
They had 'Thriller' on the stereo, not the album, just the song
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For two dancers all in white, that no one really knew
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There were a lot of leather jackets, there was a haircut reading palms
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There was a line outside the bathroom that didn’t really move
[Chorus]
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be feeling no pain
[Verse 2]
C F A# F
Some girls forgot their bathing suits but felt like jumping in the pool
C F A# F
Right after making sure the underwater lights were on
C F A# F
I was staring at a silhouette, I was blushing like a fool
C F A# F
Letting everyone pretend they hadn’t planned it all along
C F A# F
Then our host burst out of his bedroom, with his glasses slightly bent
C F A# F
He gets up on the diving board to tell us how he feels
C F A# F
“Ladies and gentlemen we’ve begun the initial decent,
C F A# F
And now it’s time to pull up on the wheel”
[Chorus]
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be feeling no pain
[Interlude]
C G A# F
C F A# F (2x)
[Verse 3]
C F A# F
On the floor of the living room, I saw my past life passed out
C F A# F
Laying next to her handsome new flame
C F A# F
I didn’t recognize his face too much, ‘cept for the grimace on his mouth
C F A# F
He looked a lot like me, he seemed to be in pain
C F A# F
I didn’t hear the picture window break, I didn’t see the rising sun
C F A# F
But I could feel the morning breeze
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Then I heard her tired voice speak up and say “I think this party’s done”
C F A# F
She asked if I could drive her home, and then she added please (Please)
[Chorus]
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be drinking champagne
C F A# F
When the tequila runs out, we’ll be feeling no pain
[Outro]
C G A# F (3x)