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Do you wanna get a shitty job or do you want to live your fucking dreams
Intro:  Em   C   G  F  
       Em C G G
       Em C G F
       Em C F F
EmWell you know how it Cgoes
Oh there's a lot Gof people talking shit
And a lot of peopFle in business clothes
EmBut they're all assholes
CAnd they'll never know
GWhat it's like to be alive
Between moneyF, success and being on time
Chorus
OCh how I wanna be an alcGoholic
FDrink until the day I die
FPassing out every night
CFor falling over
GIs how I wanna be reFmembered
FBe remembered
Em C G F
Em C F F
EmWell I've heard that
CYou have gotta have plans
And you're Gnothing if you ain't got
              F(stop)          F(stop)
An expensive tie and expensive pants
EmBut fancy restaurants
And Cuniversities
GDon't mean much at all to me
FBecause I'm about rocking and living out dreams
Chorus
COh I'll be having acid for dinGner
FLet all the walls cave into one
FLet all the werewolves come
CEverybody watch me get thinner and thinnerG  
FAnd waste away
FWaste away
 C   G    Fx2
Chorus
COh how I wanna be an alcoholicG  
FDrink until the day I die
FPassing out every night
CFor kicking your ass
GIs how I wanna be rememberedF  
Fbe remembered be remembered
Fbe remembered
C

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I Wanna Be An Alcoholic

by Chris Burrows

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Do you wanna get a shitty job or do you want to live your fucking dreams

Em C G F

Intro:

Em C G G

Em C G F

Em C F F

Em C

Well you know how it goes

Oh there's a lot of people talking shit

And a lot of people in business clothes

But they're all assholes

And they'll never know

What it's like to be alive

Between money, success and being on time

Chorus

C G

Oh how I wanna be an alcoholic

Drink until the day I die

Passing out every night

For falling over

G F

Is how I wanna be remembered

Be remembered

Em C G F

Em C F F

Well I've heard that

You have gotta have plans

And you're nothing if you ain't got

F F

(stop) (stop)

An expensive tie and expensive pants

But fancy restaurants

And universities

Don't mean much at all to me

Because I'm about rocking and living out dreams

Chorus

C G

Oh I'll be having acid for dinner

Let all the walls cave into one

Let all the werewolves come

C G

Everybody watch me get thinner and thinner

And waste away

Waste away

C G F

Chorus

C G

Oh how I wanna be an alcoholic

Drink until the day I die

Passing out every night

For kicking your ass

G F

Is how I wanna be remembered

be remembered be remembered

be remembered

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