[VERSE 1]
 
[G]          [D]                [C]
 Same long faces in the work-mans' hall,
[G]       [D]                      [C]
 Caramel crisp counts his birds,___
[G]            [D]                  [C]
 Cliff chips lines up his dominoes,
[G]           [D]                       [C]
 Kingfisher lead singer calms his nerves.___
 
 
[CHORUS 1]
 
[Bm7]                [C]                    [Bm7]
   I'm drinking, sinking, swimming and drowning,
             [C]                       [Bm7]
   Working, smirking, learning and burning,
              [C]                  [D]
   Sleeping, thieving, cheting, beating,
                                        [G]
   I'm eating, i'm drinking in  goldfish bowl.
  [D]               [C]
   It's sink or swim.
 
 
[VERSE 2]
 
 [G]             [D]                [C]
  The hall downtown just burned to the ground,
 [G]          [D]                  [C]
  My boxing ring turned to ash.
 [G]          [D]                        [C]
  Red-head gingerbread sells tickets at the door,
 [G]          [D]               [C]
  Stell sleepwalks in the sand.
 
 
[CHORUS 2]
 
[Bm7]               [C]                    [Bm7]
   I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
              [C]                     [Bm7]
   Working, smirking, learning and buring, 
              [C]                   [D] 
   Sleeping, thieving, cheating, beating 
                                    [G]
   I'm eating, I'm deep in  goldfish  bowl
[D]                 [C]
   It's sink or swim
                     [G]
   They're lookin' in
[D]                     [C]
   They're lookin' in, ___
 
 
[SOLO]
 [D] [Em7] [Cadd9]
 [D] [Em7] [Cadd9]
 
 
[VERSE 3]
 
 [G]           [D]                            [C]
   Hard up, outta luck, time to ride the village bike,
 [G]         [D]                        [C]
   A bike been used ten times or more.
 [G]             [D]                              [C]
   Grapevine, here's the wife, lays down her royal flush,
 [G]               [D]          [C]
   I think I've lost another ___ wife.
 
 
[CHORUS 3]
 [Bm7]               [C]                    [Bm7]
   I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
              [C]                     [Bm7]
   Working, smirking, learning and buring, 
              [C]                   [D]
   Sleeping, thieving, cheating, beating 
                                    [G]
   I'm eating, I'm deep in  goldfish  bowl
[D]                 [C]
   It's sink or swim
                     [G]
   They're lookin' in
[D]            [C]        [G]
   It's sink or swim.