Lawrence Arms
A Toast
Cocktails and Dreams
2005
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: G
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G -  320033
D -  xx0232
Em - 022000
C -  x32010
Intro: G-C-D-C- x2
Verse 1:
G                C
you tell me that you
wanna go to heaven
        D
but you run around acting
            C
like you're gonna live
G
  forever you tell me that
       C
you're going through hell
           D
but you're putting others
               C
through it you say that i
             D
smell like i haven't had
            C
a shower in 23 days
        D
like an unbalanced beer
        C
can two minutes too late
  G
a look like a stale face
C
from a fresh grave with
  D
a chip on my shoulder
       C
and an eye full of rage
Refrain 1:
D         C
  can you taste that beer
          D
with your back to the
             Em
bar can you smell a
cigarette without
C                       D
letting down your guard?
Chorus 1:
G          D
  ten cans 4 a.m. friends
    C
the sad thing is that
       D
you've always been like
    G
this moaning in a bed
D
shaped like a hearse
            C
believe the lies that
                 D(hold)
you tell yourself
Post Chorus: G-C-D-C- x2
Verse 2:
G
you tell me that my
C
problem is thinking
          D
but i can chase it
            C
away with a problem
             G
like drinking way you
                  C
tell me you don't wanna
get old but you've got
  D
a party on the line and
  C
a grave on hold like a
D
drunk operator like a
C
game of roulette, like
  D
a martini balanced on
  C
a whiffle ball bat
       G
when a hard wind blows
     C
it's gonna fall down
         D
when the wind blows
there'll be broken
C
glass all around
(Repeat Refrain 1)
Chorus 2:
G          D
  ten cans 4 a.m. friends
    C
the sad thing is that
       D
you've always been like
    G
this moaning in a bed
D
shaped like a hearse
            C
believe the lies that
you tell yourself
D
  thinking you'll
          G    G G G G G G
never get worse
Guitar Solo: G-Em-D-C- x4
Refrain 2:
        C
can you taste that beer
          D
with your back to the
             Em
bar can you smell a
cigarette with
      C            D
your smile so far away
Chorus 3:
G          D
  ten cans 4 a.m. friends
    C
the sad thing is that
       D
you've always been like
    G
this like a bright
      D
shiny apple with a
       C
worm inside believe
    C
the lies that you
             D
tell yourself this is
                G  Em C
the only way to die
this is the only
       G  Em C
way to die
this is the only
       G      Em    C
way to die ya ya ya ya
this is the only
       G      Em    C
way to die ya ya ya ya
this is the only
       G  Em C G Em C C C C C C C
way to die