I Drink Chords by Mary Gauthier

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