[Intro]  C

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 hundred yard dash
  C                    G
Stone cold on his face
C                    G                           D             C
He's been since then been reluctant on his way

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
He's past his prime
     G
He a damn sore
C                    G
Steadfast in his ways
C                      G                       D
Wasted his life but he still has cards to play

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And he hopes today he'll swim his way to Avalon
         C       G       D               C
He's not all the way down

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 a way to rather die
      C                   G
There must be another way
C
Under his breath he says
G                              D
Things have got to change

       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

                 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

       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         G
He's not all the way down