Avalon

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

       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 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
 

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 

       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