The Drinking Mans Diet chords by Allan Sherman

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D#   F   E


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

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


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


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


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


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