The Drinking Song

        G    D7     G
And the band played on
       G    C     D
As the helicopters whirred
C            A7           G    Em
Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn
   G      D7       G
My senses finally blurred


[Verse 1]
D7       G            C         
He was a rock, to the end a 
      G
solid reminder
         Am      D7
Couldn't deny a friend
D7              G             C 
We lived in the noise and the 
         G
sweet amber poison
Bm                          Am
Peekin' up the skirt of the end


[Verse 2]
D7       G      C               
And we'd drink, two gnarly dudes
           G
 and some records
          Am              D7
Much like plates of black food
D7               G      C       
We filled up our faces, saw some
       G
 far places
Bm                        Am    
Stood on the roof in the nude
Am   Am



[Chorus]
        G    D7     G
And the band played on
       G    C     D
As the helicopters whirred
C            A7           G    Em
Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn
   G      D7       G
My senses finally blurred


[Verse 3]
        G         C               
Between pulls, he said "we're like
            G
 cows in the grass"
Am            D7
Brushing off flies
D7               G              
Chaise lounging around standing 
C           G
up, falling down
        Bm                   Am   
Till we no longer opened our eyes
    D7



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[Verse 4]
D7       G            C         
And we'd drink, ever notice how 
                 G
drinking's like war
       Am              D7
Cuppa troops o'er the gums
D7                 G           C
To the end of our health a 
               G
campaign 'gainst myself
           Bm                      
Armed with bourons and scotches and
  Am
 rums


[Chorus]
        G    D7     G
And the band played on
       G    C       D
As the helicopters whirred
C            A7           G    Em
Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn
   G      D7       G
My senses finally blurred


[Verse 5]
          G             C         
Think of bombs, we're poised on 
             G
the edge of disaster
              C             D
Whether it's right or it's wrong
D             G       C         
We opened the window, played 
     G
some Nintendo
Bm                       Am
Sang a few bars of some pretty old 
song:


[Interlude]
Am7  D7   G      D7sus4  D6   
Irene goodnight, Irene        
G
goodnight

G         G7        C
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene

     G      D7     G        D7
I'll see you in my dreams


[Verse 6]
      G              C            
Oh to dream, those impotent bones 
       G
of extinction
       C             D
Flying graceful and free
             G              C 
None but the best cause the man 
         G
cannot rest
          Bm                 Am   
Till he's finally beaten his me
  D7



[Chorus]
        G    D7     G
And the band played on
       G    C     D
As the helicopters whirred
C            A7           G    Em
Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn
   G      D7       G
My senses finally blurred


[Verse 7]
         G               C        
Till the end, he passed out on the
               G
 sun deck that morning
         C          D
Quietly saying goodbye
   D7        G            C      
But I was so hammered I sputtered
      G
 and stammered
Bm                        Am
Told him he couldn't just die


[Verse 8]
         G          C             
He was a rock, went straight for 
       G
his own armageddon
      C          D
Face froze in a grin
D7         G         C        G
Ambulance flyin' in, I never drank 
again
Bm                        C9      
Can't really call that a loss or a
 D7
 win


[Chorus]
        G    D7     G
And the band played on
       G    C     D
As the helicopters whirred
C            A7           G    Em
Drunk on the lawn in a nuclear dawn
   G      D7       G
My senses finally blurred