{"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":553407,"song":"I Wish I Was Still Drinking","artist":"Colin Hay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11568740-i-wish-i-was-still-drinking-chords-by-colin-hay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/553407?type=chord","rating":4.92385,"votes":43,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wish I was still drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhiskey wine and beer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI use it much more wisely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI drink and fall about[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish I was still drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I’ll have no fear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI’d tell you how to fix the world then have another beer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI wouldn’t have to feel the pain that’s in a mother’s eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          | [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\nI drink till I believe the sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof my own drunken lies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wish I was still drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen nothing is to clear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike the TV evangelist fuelling peoples fear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTaking all their hard-earned cash in the name of the holy one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe days are surely numbered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe days will surely come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish I was still drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was a lot more fun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLife of the endless party, friends with anyone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI wouldn’t have to answer for the promises I broke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike the president today,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nor when he drank and snorted coke[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wish I was still drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I wouldn’t have to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSound of rapid gun fire exploding in my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI drink through the nightmares of friends crying out for help[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI would drink through everything[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ve seen or heard or felt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wish I was still drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI really really do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI get it on my fair-weather friends, like him and her and you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI count all the missing teeth that can no longer chew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       | [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\nI even drive my old white car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause she likes drinking to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wish I was still drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhiskey wine and beer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI wouldn’t have to listen to the time that’s running out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  | [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]  |\r\nI use it much more wisely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI drink and fall about[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]Bm[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch]   | [ch]D[/ch]   |","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| D  | D  | D  | D  |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n| G A | Bm  |\n| G A | D   |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n| G A | Bm  |\n| G A | D   |\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| G A | Bm  |\n| G A | D   |\n| G A | Bm  |\n| G A | D   |\n| D   | D   | D   |","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}