Tone: [A]
Intro:
[A] [Bm] [G] [A] [A] [Bm] [G] [A]
Verse:
[A]When you grab a hold of me[Bm]me
Tell [G]me I will never be set f[A]free
But I'm a parasite, [Bm]
Creep a[G]and crawl I step into the ni[A]night
Two pints of bo[D]booze,
Tell me a[G]are you a bad
fish too? [A]-are you a badfish too?-
[D]Ain't got no money to spend [A]
[D]I know the night will never[A]never end
[D]Lord knows I'm weak [A]
Won't somebo[D]somebody get me off of this re[E]reef?
Verse:
[A]Baby you're a big blue whale[Bm]whale
Grab [G]the reef when all duck diving fa[A]fails
I swim[Bm]swim, but I wish I never[G]never learned
[D]The water's too [G]polluted with g[A]germs
I dive deep w[D]when it's ten feet over head [A]
Gra[D]Grab the reef from underneath
my be[A]bed. -underneath my bed but-
[D]Ain't got not quarrels with God.[A]God.
[D]Ain't got no time to grow [A]old.
[D]Lord knows I'm weak. [A]
Won't some bo[D]body get me off of this re[E]reef?
Interlude:
[A] [Bm] [G] [A] [A] [Bm] [G] [A]