Standard (EADGBE)

drank away the rest of the day

wonder what my liver'd say

drink, it's all you can

blackened days with their bigger gales

 blow in your parlor to discuss the day

listen, it's all you can

 but don't, don't sink the boat

 that you need, you build to keep afloat.

 no don't, don't sink the boat

 that you built...

sick and tired of what to say

jumped away from the ball and chain

breath, it's all you can

rambling years of lousy luck

miss the smell of burning turf

dream, it's all you can

 but don't, don't sink the boat

 that you built, you built to keep afloat.

 no don't, don't sink the boat

 that you built...

Interlude x2

singled out for who you are

takes all types to be a man

feel, it's all you can

filthy suits with bigot ears

hide behind their own worst fears

live, it's all you can

 it's all you can

it's all you can...do.

Interlude x2

no matter where i put my head

i wake up feeling sound again

breath, it's all you can

tomorrow smells of less decay

beats the bows that bloom the fray

be thankful, it's all you can

 but don't, don't sink the boat

 that you built, you built to keep afloat.

 but don't, don't sink the boat

 that you built, you built to keep afloat.

 but don't, don't sink the boat

 that you built, you built to keep afloat.

 no don't, no don't sink the boat

 that you built

 we all built to keep afloat

it's a ripe old age

it's a ripe old age

it's a ripe old age

that's what i am

a ripe old age

a ripe old age

a ripe old age

that’s what i am

And for any mandolin or violin players,

the interlude is as follows: