{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1520028,"song":"I Drink","artist":"Franz Nicolay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11281995-i-drink-chords-by-franz-nicolay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1520028?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"repeat the chords of the first 2 verses throughout the song\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI drink to drive away all the years I have hated,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe ambitions frustrated that no longer survive.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI drink day after day to the chaos behind me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYes, I drink to remind me that still I'm alive.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                           [ch]B7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo I give you a toast to the endless confusions,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                                  [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTo the lies and delusions that have swallowed my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                              [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYes, I give you a toast to the wine and the roses,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nTo the deadly cirrhosis that can cut like a knife.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI drink to catch a gleam of the love we degraded,\r\nOf a life that has faded like the vanishing moon.\r\nI drink, as in a dream, to my waning desire,\r\nTo the passionate fire that has burned out so soon.\r\n\r\nI drink and I drown in the promise you made me,\r\nAll the times you betrayed me in your anger and spite,\r\nWhen you took on the town, when you looked for the action,\r\nWhen you took satisfaction, like a whore in the night.\r\n\r\nI drink to make-believe that my life is worth living,\r\nThat the gods are forgiving at the end of the day.\r\nI drink because I grieve for the dreams when we started,\r\nFor the innocent-hearted who got lost on the way.\r\n\r\nFor the children unborn, for their dead, phantom faces,\r\nFor our sterile embraces in the tomb of your bed.\r\nI drink, and I mourn for the harvest that failed,\r\nFor the ship that has sailed, for the hope that is dead.\r\n\r\nI drink to find a place where the darkness can hide me\r\nTill the terror inside me can at last disappear.\r\nI drink to my disgrace, till oblivion claims me\r\nTill there's nothing that shames me, till I'm blind to my fear.\r\n\r\nYes, I drink till I burst in my own degradation,\r\nTo the edge of damnation that is waiting below.\r\nYes, I drink with a thirst that destroys and depraves me\r\nAnd cuffs and enslaves me, and will never let go.\r\n\r\nI drink until I'm lost, and the street is my hideout\r\nWhere I vomit my pride out till I'm gasping for breath.\r\nI drink to count the cost of a life I despair for\r\nUntil God hears my prayer for the compassion of death.\r\n\r\nSo I spit out my bile at the gods who demean us,\r\nAt the silence between us, at the love none can save.\r\nFor a life that is vile, for a soul that is ailing\r\nFor a body that's failing as it heads for the grave.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI drink without a care... drink because I must...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]   \r\ndrink to my despair... I drink to your disgust...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI drink, drink, drink... by God, I drink![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes, I drink![/tab]","plain_text":"repeat the chords of the first 2 verses throughout the song\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI drink to catch a gleam of the love we degraded,\nOf a life that has faded like the vanishing moon.\nI drink, as in a dream, to my waning desire,\nTo the passionate fire that has burned out so soon.\n\nI drink and I drown in the promise you made me,\nAll the times you betrayed me in your anger and spite,\nWhen you took on the town, when you looked for the action,\nWhen you took satisfaction, like a whore in the night.\n\nI drink to make-believe that my life is worth living,\nThat the gods are forgiving at the end of the day.\nI drink because I grieve for the dreams when we started,\nFor the innocent-hearted who got lost on the way.\n\nFor the children unborn, for their dead, phantom faces,\nFor our sterile embraces in the tomb of your bed.\nI drink, and I mourn for the harvest that failed,\nFor the ship that has sailed, for the hope that is dead.\n\nI drink to find a place where the darkness can hide me\nTill the terror inside me can at last disappear.\nI drink to my disgrace, till oblivion claims me\nTill there's nothing that shames me, till I'm blind to my fear.\n\nYes, I drink till I burst in my own degradation,\nTo the edge of damnation that is waiting below.\nYes, I drink with a thirst that destroys and depraves me\nAnd cuffs and enslaves me, and will never let go.\n\nI drink until I'm lost, and the street is my hideout\nWhere I vomit my pride out till I'm gasping for breath.\nI drink to count the cost of a life I despair for\nUntil God hears my prayer for the compassion of death.\n\nSo I spit out my bile at the gods who demean us,\nAt the silence between us, at the love none can save.\nFor a life that is vile, for a soul that is ailing\nFor a body that's failing as it heads for the grave.","chords":["Am","B7","E7","D7","G7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}