Key: G
Introduction:
G D C
Same long faces in the work-mans' hall,
G D C
Caramel crisp counts his birds,
G D C
Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
G D C
Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.
Bm7 C Bm7
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
C Bm7
Working, smirking, learning and burning,
C D
Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
G
I'm eating, i'm drinking in goldfish bowl.
D C
It's sink or swim.
G D C
The hall downtown just burned to the ground,
G D C
My boxing ring turned to ash.
G D C
Red-head gingerbread sells tickets at the door,
G D C
Stell sleepwalks in the sand.
Bm7 C Bm7
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
C Bm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
C D
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
G
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
D C
It's sink or swim
G
They're lookin' in
D C
They're lookin' in,
SOLO
G D C
Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
G D C
A bike been used ten times or more.
G D C
Grapevine, here's the wife, lays down her royal flush,
G D C
I think I've lost another wife.
Bm7 C Bm7
I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
C Bm7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
C D
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
G
I'm eating, I'm deep in goldfish bowl
D C
It's sink or swim
G
They're lookin' in
D C G
It's sink or swim.