e|---3--------2------1--------0-------0---3---1-----------|
B|---1--------1------1--------1-------1---3---3-----------|
G|---2--------2------2--------2-------0---0---2-----------|
D|---2--------2------2--------2-------2---0---0-----------|
A|---0--------0------0--------0-------3---2---------------|
Am7
drank away the rest of the day
Am6
wonder what my liver'd say
drink, it's all you can
Am7
blackened days with their bigger gales
Am6
blow in your parlor to discuss the day
listen, it's all you can
but don't, don't sink the boat
Dm Am
that you need, you build to keep afloat.
no don't, don't sink the boat
Dm
that you built...
Am7
sick and tired of what to say
Am6
jumped away from the ball and chain
breath, it's all you can
Am7
rambling years of lousy luck
Am6
miss the smell of burning turf
dream, it's all you can
but don't, don't sink the boat
Dm Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
no don't, don't sink the boat
Dm
that you built...
[Interlude](x2)
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B|--5-5--6-5h6p5----------5-5--6-5h6p5-------------------|
G|---------------7-5-------------------7-5---------------|
D|-------------------7---------------------7-------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------7-5-4----4-5-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------7--------------------------------|
Am7
singled out for who you are
Am6
takes all types to be a man
feel, it's all you can
Am7
filthy suits with bigot ears
Am6
hide behind their own worst fears
live, it's all you can
it's all you can
it's all you can...do.
[Interlude](x2)
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B|--5-5--6-5h6p5----------5-5--6-5h6p5-------------------|
G|---------------7-5-------------------7-5---------------|
D|-------------------7---------------------7-------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------7-5-4----4-5-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------7--------------------------------|
Am7
no matter where i put my head
Am6
i wake up feeling sound again
breath, it's all you can
Am7
tomorrow smells of less decay
Am6
beats the bows that bloom the fray
be thankful, it's all you can
but don't, don't sink the boat
Dm Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
but don't, don't sink the boat
Dm Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
but don't, don't sink the boat
Dm Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
no don't, no don't sink the boat
Dm
that you built
Am
we all built to keep afloat
(instrumental interlude to end over Am chord)
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B|--5-5--6-5h6p5----------5-5--6-5h6p5-------------------|
G|---------------7-5-------------------7-5---------------|
D|-------------------7---------------------7-------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------7-5-4----4-5-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------7--------------------------------|
it's a ripe old age
it's a ripe old age
it's a ripe old age
that's what i am
a ripe old age
a ripe old age
a ripe old age
that’s what i am
(And for any mandolin or violin players,
the interlude is as follows)
e|--0-0-1-0h1p0----------0-0-1-0h1p0---------------------|
A|--------------5-3-0----------------5-3-0---------------|
e|--0-0-1-0h1p0------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5-3-2---0-2-3-5--------------------------|