I Wish I Was Still Drinking chords

Colin Hay

Key: 

Simplify chords 

  			Capo band 2 

Intro: C 

C 
I wish i was still drinking 
C 
Whiskey wine and beer 
C                                F           G 
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear 
C                               F                  Am 
I wouldnt have to listen to the time thats running out 
C 
I use it much more wisely 
G                C 
I drink and fall about 

F 
I wish i was still drinking 
C 
Then ill have no fear 
F                               G 
T tell you how to fix the world and have another beer 
F                                     Am 
I wouldnt have to feel the pain thats in a mothers eyes 
C                                   G              C 
I drink till i believe the sound of my own drunken lies 

F G Am F G C 

C 
I wish i was still drinking 
C 
When nothing is to clear 
C                      F               G 
Like the tv evangelist fueling peoples fear 
C                                      F                Am 
Taking all there heart and cash in the name of the holy one 
C 
The days are surely numbered 
G                    C 
The days will surely come 

F 
I wish i was still drinking  
C 
I was a lot more fun 
F                          G 
Life of the endless party, friends with anyone 
F                                Am 
I wouldnt have to answer for the promises i broke 
C                                     G                C 
Like the president today, Oh when he drank and snorted coke 

F G Am F G C 

C 

I wish i was still drinking 
C 
Then i wouldnt have to hear 
C                       F               G 
Sound of rapid gun fire exploding in my ear 
C                                 F                      Am 
I drink through the nightmares of friends crying out for help 
C 
I would drink through everything  
G                   C 
iv seen or heard or felt 

F 
I wish i was still drinking 
C 
I really really do 
F                                    G 
I get it on my fair weather friends, like him and her and you 
F                                  Am 
I count all the missing teeth that can not longer chew 
C 
I even drive my old white car 
G                        C 
Cause she likes drinking to 

C 
I wish i was still drinking 
C 
Whiskey wine and beer 
C                                F           G 
The sound of glasses clinking so sweet to my ear 
C                               F                  Am 
I wouldnt have to listen to the time thats running out 
C 
I use it much more wisely 
G                C 
I drink and fall about 

F G Am F G C x2 
C