The Drinking Mans Diet chords by Allan Sherman

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D#D#  FF  E MajorE


Verse:
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Oh, I'm on the Drinking Man's Diet
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It came from a book I was loaned
    E MajorE            A minorAm
It's really terrific and quite scientific
  BB           G+G
And I'm half stoned
  A augmentedA
For breakfast some cornflakes and vodka
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But cornflakes have carbohydrate;
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So I don't eat those fattening cornflakes
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I eat the vodka straight

Chorus:
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Drink, drink, everyone drink;
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It's not as bad as we used to think
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With every Manhattan your stomach will flatten
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So drink, drink, drink


Verse:
A augmentedA
The Air Force invented this diet
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A majorA fact which they hotly deny
   E MajorE            A minorAm
Of course they deny it, 'cause this is the diet
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That got the Air Force high
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For lunch you can have three martinis
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What better lunch is there than that?
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But caution: do not eat the olives
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'Cause olives make you fat

Chorus:
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Drink, drink, everyone drink;
 D MajorD              A minorAm
It's not as bad as we used to think
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If pounds you would burn off, then turn on your Smirnoff
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And drink, drink, drink


Verse:
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For dinner, a nice Scotch and soda
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Now that oughtta help you to lose
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No whipped cream, no butter, just lay in the gutter
   BB           G+G
And booze, booze, booze
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Suppose you should meet a policeman
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Who says you've been quenching your thirst;
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You just tell him it's physical fitness
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And health comes first!


Chorus:
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Drink (hic!), drink (hic!), booze everywhere (hic!);
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Pass that decanter of bourbon there
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I'm fatter than ever, but here's what's so clever:
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I don't care!