e|---3--------2------1--------0-------0---3---1-----------|
B|---1--------1------1--------1-------1---3---3-----------|
G|---2--------2------2--------2-------0---0---2-----------|
D|---2--------2------2--------2-------2---0---0-----------|
A|---0--------0------0--------0-------3---2---------------|
E|----------------------------------------3---------------|

Am7
drank away the rest of the day
Am6
wonder what my liver'd say
Fmaj7/A             Am
drink, it's all you can

Am7
blackened days with their bigger gales
     Am6
blow in your parlor to discuss the day
Fmaj7/A              Am
listen, it's all you can

    C                     G
but don't, don't sink the boat
          Dm                       Am
that you need, you build to keep afloat.
   C                      G
no don't, don't sink the boat
          Dm
that you built...

Am7
sick and tired of what to say
Am6
jumped away from the ball and chain
Fmaj7/A              Am
breath, it's all you can

Am7
rambling years of lousy luck
Am6
miss the smell of burning turf
Fmaj7/A             Am
dream, it's all you can

     C                     G
but don't, don't sink the boat
          Dm                        Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
    C                     G
no don't, don't sink the boat
          Dm
that you built...

[Interlude](x2)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5----------5-5--6-5h6p5-------------------|
G|---------------7-5-------------------7-5---------------|
D|-------------------7---------------------7-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------7-5-4----4-5-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------7--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Am7
singled out for who you are
Am6
takes all types to be a man
Fmaj7/A            Am
feel, it's all you can

Am7
filthy suits with bigot ears
Am6
hide behind their own worst fears
Fmaj7/A            Am
live, it's all you can

 F           Am
it's all you can
F             C     Am
it's all you can...do.

[Interlude](x2)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5----------5-5--6-5h6p5-------------------|
G|---------------7-5-------------------7-5---------------|
D|-------------------7---------------------7-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------7-5-4----4-5-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------7--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Am7
no matter where i put my head
Am6
i wake up feeling sound again
Fmaj7/A              Am
breath, it's all you can

Am7
tomorrow smells of less decay
Am6
beats the bows that bloom the fray
Fmaj7/A                   Am
be thankful, it's all you can

     C                     G
but don't, don't sink the boat
          Dm                        Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
     C                     G
but don't, don't sink the boat
          Dm                        Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
     C                     G
but don't, don't sink the boat
          Dm                        Am
that you built, you built to keep afloat.
    C                        G
no don't, no don't sink the boat
          Dm
that you built
                       Am
we all built to keep afloat

(instrumental interlude to end over Am chord)
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B|--5-5--6-5h6p5----------5-5--6-5h6p5-------------------|
G|---------------7-5-------------------7-5---------------|
D|-------------------7---------------------7-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--5-5--6-5h6p5-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------7-5-4----4-5-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------7--------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

it's a ripe old age
it's a ripe old age
it's a ripe old age
that's what i am
a ripe old age
a ripe old age
a ripe old age
that’s what i am

(And for any mandolin or violin players,
the interlude is as follows)
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A|--------------5-3-0----------------5-3-0---------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0-0-1-0h1p0------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5-3-2---0-2-3-5--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|