Verse:
F#C#B
Same long faces in the work-mansʼ hall,
F#C#B
Caramel crisp counts his birds,
F#C#B
Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
F#C#B
Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.
Chorus:
A#m7BA#m7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
BA#m7
Working, smirking, learning and burning,
BC#
Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
F#
Iʼm eating, iʼm drinking in goldfish bowl.
C#B
Itʼs sink or swim.
Verse:
F#C#B
The hall downtown just burned to the ground,
F#C#B
My boxing ring turned to ash.
F#C#B
Red-head gingerbread sells tickets at the door,
F#C#B
Stell sleepwalks in the sand.
Chorus:
A#m7BA#m7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
BA#m7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
BC#
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
F#
Iʼm eating, Iʼm deep in goldfish bowl
C#B
Itʼs sink or swim
F#
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
C#B
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
Verse:
F#C#B
Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
F#C#B
A bike been used ten times or more.
F#C#B
Grapevine, hereʼs the wife, lays down her royal flush,
F#C#B
I think Iʼve lost another wife.
Chorus:
A#m7BA#m7
Iʼm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
BA#m7
Working, smirking, learning and buring,
BC#
Sleping, thieving, cheating, beating
F#
Iʼm eating, Iʼm deep in goldfish bowl
C#B
Itʼs sink or swim
F#
Theyʼre lookinʼ in
C#BF#
Itʼs sink or swim.