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