Originally written by Tommy Duncan, B. Walker and C. Mills as “Watchin’ the Bubbles in My Beer”
Lyric revisions by Tom Darilek (2012)
C G
Tonight as I sit at the kitchen table
G7 C
And write my monthly check to Bank and Trust,
C G
I sigh to think, I should have seen this a-comin’:
G7 C - C7
Now I’m strugglin’ with another boom gone bust.
F C
Oh, see, how the bubbles swell and shrink so,
G G7 C
Inflated with the credit loaned by banks!
C G
As we all race to pay back, what we borrow,
G7 C
It’s no wonder that the good times always tank.
C G
I think of all the chances, I have taken
G7 C
And all my golden dreams that turned to rust.
C G
I know that one’s life can seem a failure,
G7 C - C7
While strugglin’ with another boom gone bust.
F C
When will we learn that credit isn’t money
G G7 C
And why all the pie seems to rise to the upper crust?
C G
Pay your debts with debt, until there’s nothin’ left, love
G7 C
And don’t be surprised, when another boom goes bust!
Instrumental: C - G
G - G7 - C
C - G
G - G7 - C - C7
When will we learn...
End: G - G7 - C
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