Tom: G
G
Billy wasn't sober
C G C
He got pulled over in chinatown
G
Liquor on his breath
C
Stuffs a pistol in the cushion
G
Rolls the window down
C G
Oh well, his heart it races like a hundred-yard dash
C G
Stone cold on his face
C G D
Policeman sends him reluctantly on his way
[Verse]
G
Billy wasn't sober
C
He was hungover
G C
It was 10 am
G
Another day of work
C G
Clutching the pillow like his only friend
C
Oh well he's past his prime
G
He's a dinosaur
C G
Steadfast in his ways
C G D
No aces left but he still has cards to play
[Chorus]
G G C G
And he hopes today he'll swim his way to Avalon
C G D
He's not all the way down
[Verse]
G
Billy's getting older
C G C
The chip on his shoulder's getting heavier
G
Weight of the world
C G
Spins and skids into oblivion
C G
This ain't living, it's waiting 'round to die
C G
There must be another way
C
Under his breath he says,
G D
"Things have got to change"
[Chorus]
G G C G
And he hopes today he'll swim his way to Avalon
C G D
He's not all the way down
G G C G
And he hopes today he'll swim his way to Avalon
C G D
He's not all the way down
[Bridge]
C G
Searching but he got no soul
C G
Wishing he could flip a switch
C G C G
Turn his life around and face the fact
D
That life's a bitch
[Chorus]
G G C G
And he hopes today he'll swim his way to Avalon
C G D
He's not all the way down
G G C G
And he hopes today he'll swim his way to Avalon
C G D
He's not all the way down
G G C G
And he hopes today he'll swim his way to Avalon
C G D
He's not all the way down
