I DRINK
Bill Chambers version of Mary Gauthier’s song
(tabbed by Bob McMahon)
 
Capo 2nd fret

 (C) He'd get home at 5:30, 
 fix a drink, And sit down in his (F) chair,
 (G) pick a fight with mama,  
 complain about the kids getting in his (C) hair.
 At night he'd sit alone and smoke
 I'd see his frown behind the lighters (F) flame
 Now that (G) same frown's in my mirror
 I got my daddy's blood inside my (C) veins

 CHORUS
 Fish (C) swim;  
 birds (F) fly;  
 daddy's (G) yell;  
 mamas (C) cry 
 old men, sit and think (F);
 (G) I (C) drink

 (C) Chicken TV dinner
 6 minutes on defrost, 3 on (F) high
 (G) a beer to wash it down with
 then another, some whiskey on the (C) side
 It's not so bad alone here
 it don't bother me that every nights the (F) same
 I don't (G) need another lover
 hanging round, trying to make me (C) change

 CHORUS
 Fish (C) swim;  
 birds (F) fly;  
 lovers (G) leave;  
 by and (C) by;
 old men, sit and think (F);
 (G) I (C) drink

 BRIDGE
 And I (Em)know; 
 What I (F) am; 
 But I (Em) don't;
 Give a (G) damn

 CHORUS
 Fish (C) swim;  
 birds (F) fly;  
 daddy's (G) yell;  
 mamas (C) cry 
 old men, sit and think (F);
 (G) I (C) drink