Verso 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.

Refrão:
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.

Verso 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.

Refrão 2:
Bm7               C                    Bm7
   I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
              C                     Bm7
   Working, smirking, learning and buring,
             C                   D
   Sleping, 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

Verso 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.

Refrão 3:
Bm7               C                    Bm7
   I'm drinking, sinking, swimming nd drowning,
              C                     Bm7
   Working, smirking, learning and buring,
             C                   D
   Sleping, 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.