C
He’d get home at 5:30,
F
fix a drink, And sit down in his chair,
G
pick a fight with mama,
C
complain about the kids getting in his hair.
F
I’d see his frown behind the lighters flame
G
Now that same frown’s in my mirror
C
I got my daddy’s blood inside my veins
C
Fish swim;
F
birds fly;
G
daddy’s yell;
C
mamas cry
F
old men, sit and think ;
G
C
I drink
C
Chicken TV dinner
F
6 minutes on defrost, 3 on high
G
a beer to wash it down with
C
then another, some whiskey on the side
F
it don’t bother me that every nights the same
G
I don’t need another lover
C
hanging round, trying to make me change
C
Fish swim;
F
birds fly;
G
lovers leave;
C
by and by;
F
old men, sit and think ;
G
C
I drink
Em
And I know;
F
What I am;
Em
But I don’t;
G
Give a damn
C
Fish swim;
F
birds fly;
G
daddy’s yell;
C
mamas cry
F
old men, sit and think ;
G
C
I drink
F
C
G
Em
