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A Lot to Drink About
Words and Music by:
Jimmy Buffett, Will Kimbrough, and Mac McAnally
From the album: Buffet Hotel
Note: Lyrics in the intro are spoken over the chords.
[Intro]
 C   Cx12
Hey, have you noticed that the world has changed?
That the news is all bad?
Well, I think it's time for a song about that
[Verse 1]
Up on the Ceast side of ManC7hattan,
They’re still Fdancing with the sCtars.
While Fover in sub prime Ccity,
It’s getting ugly in the local Gbars
FWatching the news only Cgives me the blues
There’s Ctoo much G/Bgoing wAmrong.
It takes Fthe likes of me to hit the Creboot key
and write a Ghigh speed drinking sCong.
[Verse 2]
CMillionaires losing C7everything.
Hey, Fwelcome to the other side of lCife!
FThere goes the yacht, Cthere goes the Rolls,
But you get to keep your Gwife!
And Fdon’t forget the autoCmakers
Cswimming up G/Bstream like a Amtrout.
They let the Fshit hit the fan
and Cthen they made a plan
We’ve got a Glot to drink aCbout.
[Chorus]
There's the Fprice of oil,
the Cwar of the spoils.
Here's your Cbucket for the G/Bbig bailAmout?
 FIraq, Iran, AfCghanistan,
We’ve got Ga lot to drink aCbout.
[Interlude]
F    C    G    C
[Verse 3]
Now MaCdoff made off with all the C7money.
And his cFlients are down to Cskunk weed.
ReFpeat after me, it’s so Ceasy to see
We’re only talking simple Ggreed.
And those SoFmalian pirates are Ccounting all their gold.
While CBush and G/BCheney ain’t aAmround
and Fall the good lookers seem to Cbe Russian hookers
from Key West to GLondon Ctown.
[Chorus 2]
With the Fprice of oil,
the Cwar of the spoils.
Here's your Cbucket for the G/Bbig bailAmout?
 FIraq, Iran, AfCghanistan,
We’ve got Ga lot to drink aCbout.
[Bridge]
So Bbpour me some Tennessee Fwhiskey,
Bbpour me a fine Jamaican Frum.
That Bbloud mouth soup
Can Fget ya kind of looped
TeDquila, of course I’ll have Gsome!
[Verse 4]
Now the Cfamily deC7values
and little Fchildren plan their net Cworth
and the Ftruth wherever it’s Chiding,
can't be found on Google GEarth.
CitiFbank’s buying jets with our Cmoney.
I wanna Cflog ‘em with a G/Bbuggy Amwhip.
Let's hope BarFrack and Joe won’t let the Cvolcano blow
and patch the Ghole in our sinking Cship.
[Chorus]
There's the Fprice of oil,
Cwar of the spoils.
Here's your Cbucket for the G/Bbig bailAmout?
 FIraq, Iran, AfCghanistan,
We’ve got Ga lot to drink aCbout.
[Verse 5]
ReCcession, aggression, the deC7pression, good God
CNFN keeps bumming me Cout.
 FI can’t take another Cdoomsday minute.
We got a Glot to drink, a lot to think,
a lot to drink aCbout.
N.C.
God Bless America!

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A Lot To Drink About

by Jimmy Buffett

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G/B

A Lot to Drink About

Words and Music by:

Jimmy Buffett, Will Kimbrough, and Mac McAnally

From the album: Buffet Hotel

Note: Lyrics in the intro are spoken over the chords.

[Intro]

C C

x12

Hey, have you noticed that the world has changed?

That the news is all bad?

Well, I think it's time for a song about that

[Verse 1]

C C7

Up on the east side of Manhattan,

F C

They’re still dancing with the stars.

F C

While over in sub prime city,

It’s getting ugly in the local bars

F C

Watching the news only gives me the blues

C G/B Am

There’s too much going wrong.

F C

It takes the likes of me to hit the reboot key

G C

and write a high speed drinking song.

[Verse 2]

C C7

Millionaires losing everything.

F C

Hey, welcome to the other side of life!

F C

There goes the yacht, there goes the Rolls,

But you get to keep your wife!

F C

And don’t forget the automakers

C G/B Am

swimming up stream like a trout.

They let the shit hit the fan

and then they made a plan

G C

We’ve got a lot to drink about.

[Chorus]

There's the price of oil,

the war of the spoils.

C G/B Am

Here's your bucket for the big bailout?

F C

Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,

G C

We’ve got a lot to drink about.

[Interlude]

F C G C

[Verse 3]

C C7

Now Madoff made off with all the money.

F C

And his clients are down to skunk weed.

F C

Repeat after me, it’s so easy to see

We’re only talking simple greed.

F C

And those Somalian pirates are counting all their gold.

C G/B Am

While Bush and Cheney ain’t around

F C

and all the good lookers seem to be Russian hookers

G C

from Key West to London town.

[Chorus 2]

With the price of oil,

the war of the spoils.

C G/B Am

Here's your bucket for the big bailout?

F C

Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,

G C

We’ve got a lot to drink about.

[Bridge]

Bb F

So pour me some Tennessee whiskey,

Bb F

pour me a fine Jamaican rum.

That loud mouth soup

Can get ya kind of looped

D G

Tequila, of course I’ll have some!

[Verse 4]

C C7

Now the family devalues

F C

and little children plan their net worth

F C

and the truth wherever it’s hiding,

can't be found on Google Earth.

F C

Citibank’s buying jets with our money.

C G/B Am

I wanna flog ‘em with a buggy whip.

F C

Let's hope Barrack and Joe won’t let the volcano blow

G C

and patch the hole in our sinking ship.

[Chorus]

There's the price of oil,

war of the spoils.

C G/B Am

Here's your bucket for the big bailout?

F C

Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan,

G C

We’ve got a lot to drink about.

[Verse 5]

C C7

Recession, aggression, the depression, good God

F C

CNN keeps bumming me out.

F C

I can’t take another doomsday minute.

We got a lot to drink, a lot to think,

a lot to drink about.

N.C.

God Bless America!

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