A New Drink For The Old Drunk
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Would you try, could you buy a new drink for the old drunk
Its no crime to resign misery with a bottle
Well, you walked into town without making a sound
And you slipped as you slammed your face into the crowd
As you tried to forget all the words that were said
To deny all the things that you keep in your head
When you came you were new but today youre much older
You were spent so you went to get used in the corner
Where they kicked you around like a rodeo clown
And it echoed through town they were beating you down
And as they spread the word that you liked how it hurt
All at once you were cause for a pitiful cure
Hours pass by half forgotten
Night turns black cause its rotten
And we slide right to the bottom
Our tongues made out of cotton
Eyes seal shut in a slumber
Til we hear someone mumble
Could you spare from the tumbler
A new drink for the old drunk
Now you waste all your days in the dark in the corner
Without light, without grace, where you wait for the slaughter
Where they spit in your face as the hours grow late
And they laugh as they lie and then seal up your fate
And you cringe as you binge to forget how you hate
All the doom in this pitiful room you create
Hours pass by half forgotten
Night turns black cause its rotten
And we slide right to the bottom
Our tongues made out of cotton
Eyes seal shut in a slumber
Til we hear someone mumble
Could you spare from the tumbler
A new drink for the old drunk
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Readable chord sheet for A New Drink For The Old Drunk by Crooked Fingers
[D]Would you try, could you buy a new [G]drink for the [A]old drunk Its no c[D]rime to resign mi[G]sery with a b[A]ottle Well, you w[G]alked into [A]town without m[Bm]aking a s[D]ound And you [G]slipped as you s[A]lammed your face i[Bm]nto the cr[D]owd As you t[G]ried to f[A]orget all the [Bm]words that were [D]said To d[G]eny all the t[A]hings that you [Bm]keep in your [D]head When you came you were new but to[G]day youre much ol[A]der You were [D]spent so you went to get [G]used in the c[A]orner Where they k[G]icked you a[A]round like a [Bm]rodeo [D]clown And it [G]echoed through t[A]own they were b[Bm]eating you [D]down And as they s[G]pread the w[A]ord that you [Bm]liked how it [D]hurt All at [G]once you were ca[A]use for a [Bm]pitiful c[D]ure [D]Hours pass by half forgotten [G]Night turns bl[A]ack cause its rotten And [D]we slide right to the bottom O[G]ur tongues m[A]ade out of cotton [D]Eyes seal shut in a slumber [G]Til we hear s[A]omeone mumble [D]Could you spare from the tumbler [G]A new d[A]rink for the old drunk [D]Now you waste all your days in the d[G]ark in the c[A]orner Without l[D]ight, without grace, where you [G]wait for the sl[A]aughter Where they s[G]pit in your f[A]ace as the ho[Bm]urs grow la[D]te And they l[G]augh as they l[A]ie and then s[Bm]eal up your f[D]ate And you[G] cringe as you b[A]inge to f[Bm]orget how you h[D]ate All the [G]doom in this [A]pitiful r[Bm]oom you cr[D]eate [D]Hours pass by half forgotten [G]Night turns b[A]lack cause its rotten And [D]we slide right to the bottom O[G]ur tongues m[A]ade out of cotton [D]Eyes seal shut in a slumber [G]Til we hear s[A]omeone mumble [D]Could you spare from the tumbler [G]A new dri[A]nk for the old drunk