Id Rather Have A Bottle In Front Of Me Than A Frontal Lobotomy

C C/B Am G D7 C C Jimmy and I were brothers F Dm We went down different paths C Jimmy always listened to my mother D7 G And me, I never like to take a bath C As we grew and tumbled through adulthood F Dm The pressure caused emotional drain C C/B C/Bb A7 So now I'm slowly dying in the bottle D7 G C and Jimmy has to live with half a brain F Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me C C/B A7 And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy D7 G Just different ways to k**l the pain the same F But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me C C/B A7 Than have to have a frontal lobotomy D7 G C I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane C C/B Am G D7 C C Jimmy let his troubles drive him crazy F Dm He never tried to drown it in a drink C I know that drinking makes my thinking hazy D7 G But at least I still have brains enough to think C Jimmy's got a brain that isn't stable F Dm He doesn't have the sense to say his name C C/B A7 I'm sorry that his doctor was unable D7 G C To remove the proper portion of his brain F Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me C C/B A7 And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy D7 G Just different ways to k**l the pain the same F But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me C C/B A7 Than have to have a frontal lobotomy D7 G C I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane Middle F Funny how the world works C People can be real jerks Am G Some prefer the tension over booze F Either way it ends the same C Hard to beat the living game D7 G C Might as well enjoy it while you lose C C/B Am G D7 C C When I need a drink I start to shiver F Dm And Jimmy always viewed it with concern C But I'd rather have cirrhosis of the liver D7 G Than an intellect that's second to a fern C I wonder if old Jimmy's gonna hear it F Dm When I tell him that his logic wasn't sound C C/B C/Bb A7 They'll dose him up on lots of evil spirits D7 G C When they take him to the psychiatric grounds F Yes, me, I've got a bottle in front of me C C/B A7 And Jimmy has a frontal lobotomy D7 G Just different ways to k**l the pain the same F But I'd rather have a bottle in front of me C C/B A7 Than have to have a frontal lobotomy D7 G C A7 I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane D7 G C I might be drunk, but at least I'm not insane C C/B Am G D7 C