Chords for The Wild Party (Off-Broadway) - 16. Let Me Drown

And now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for!
[A] The clone takes the [Bm] center ring!
I've changed my [G] mind, the evening [Bb] rage [F] ahead!
By [Gb] tomorrow [B] morning, we could be [Dbm] dead drunk, or just [Bb] dead.
If [C] she won't talk to [Bb] me, I've [C] plenty else [E] to do.
I'll talk to you, and you, and you, and [Am] you, and I think we're due for a_
_or
I think [Dm] we're due for a_
You think I'm headed for disaster.
_ _ You think I'm going up in flames.
_ [Eb] You wanna break my fall.
[Dm] You wanna [D] stop them all [A] from calling me [Eb] names.
[Dm]
You'd like to chain me down in irons. _
You'd like to give me [D] your support!
[G] But when you see me stand, [D] martini glass in hand,
The rescue you've got planned [A] must be aborted.
[Dm] Let me drown this evening, let me drown.
[Em] _ [A] If I'm blue, let me truly play the clown.
_ [D] Let me sail, let me sink, [G] let me teeter [C] on that brink.
[A] Let me drown, drown, [Am] drown, drown, drown. _ _ _
[Dm] You'd like to see me at the confession. _
You hope I learn [A] from my mistakes.
You wanna save my [D] soul, but [E] when I'm on a roll, lay off [Eb] of the [D] brakes.
You think that when I meet my [G] maker,
Hello, [D] Baker!
That can't be all dressed in [Fm] red.
_ [Gb] [A] But every morning [D] I pray, that on that lucky [Bb] day,
I'll hear that devil say, [A] son, pour it [Eb] steady.
[Am] Let me [D] drown this evening, let me drown.
[G] _ [D] If I'm low, let me slowly [B] paint the town.
_ [D] When they ask for [Gb] the roof, let me answer [C] a hundred [A] proofs.
Let me drown, drown, [F] drown, drown, [D] drown.
[Fm] Let me drown in _ [Ebm]
females' pouring.
[Fm] Let me dangle from [Ebm] a limb.
Teach [Bb] me how to put [E] my oar in.
But don't you dare to teach me how to swim.
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[G] Let me [D] drown. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Let [D] me go, set me free.
I wanna [G] love my ex, [A] oh baby.
Let me [Am] drown, drown, [Gm] drown, drown, drown.
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_ [Eb] Let me drown, get ready to let me [Ebm] drown.
I'm the [Eb] guy, I'm the way to [Bb] go.
I'm the one, I'm the key to [Eb] the door.
Ring the bell, call the world [Abm] and go to hell.
_ [Eb] _ Let me ride, [Ab]
[Eb] on the other side.
Let me rock, let me roll.
[B] Let me sacrifice my soul.
[Bbm] Let me drown. _ _
[G] Let [Bb] me [C] drown. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _
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