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[Verse]
D
I wish I was still drinking
D
Whiskey wine and beer
D                                G           A
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
D                                G                   Bm
I wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out
D
I use it much more wisely
A                D
I drink and fall about

[Verse]
G
I wish I was still drinking
D
Then I’ll have no fear
G                                 A
I’d tell you how to fix the world then have another beer
G                                       Bm
I wouldn’t have to feel the pain that’s in a mother’s eyes
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I drink till I believe the sound
    G              D
of my own drunken lies

[Bridge]
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[Verse]
D
I wish I was still drinking
D
When nothing is to clear
D                     G               A
Like the TV evangelist fuelling peoples fear
D                                     G                Bm
Taking all their hard-earned cash in the name of the holy one
D
The days are surely numbered
A                    D
The days will surely come

[Verse]
G
I wish I was still drinking
D
I was a lot more fun
G                          A
Life of the endless party, friends with anyone
G                                  Bm
I wouldn’t have to answer for the promises I broke
D
Like the president today,
            A                D
or when he drank and snorted coke

[Bridge]
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| G A | D   |

[Verse]
D
I wish I was still drinking
D
Then I wouldn’t have to hear
D                        G              A
Sound of rapid gun fire exploding in my ear
D                                 G                      Bm
I drink through the nightmares of friends crying out for help
D
I would drink through everything
A                     D
I’ve seen or heard or felt

[Verse]
G
I wish I was still drinking
D
I really really do
G                                    A
I get it on my fair-weather friends, like him and her and you
G                                  Bm
I count all the missing teeth that can no longer chew
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I even drive my old white car
A                        D
Cause she likes drinking to

[Verse]
D
I wish I was still drinking
D
Whiskey wine and beer
D                                G           A
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear
D                                G                   Bm
I wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out
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I use it much more wisely
A                 A
I drink and fall about

[Outro]
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