Tabbed by - Josh Chase


            Ab5
He's just a drunk
       C#5        Ab5
Yer an old salty dog
Ab5           F5             
Stagger, you drink and then fall
Bb5                             C#5         
Unaware that your life is held up against the wall
Ab5           F5
Aching, just dying inside
          Bb5                     C#5
Still you cling on tight to your obstinate pride


Ab5  F5  Bb5  C#5 (x3)
     F#5
Lets Gooo


Ab5       F5          Bb5         C#5  
I knew a man at the end of the bar
       Ab5      F5             Bb5         C#5  
Wore a look of erosion, some old battle scars
Ab5        F5        Bb5           C#5  
Told many stories, none of them bright
       Bb5                         C#5
If you bought him liberations, he spun them all night

Ab5             F5         Bb5               C#5  
Started out in Normandy, moved right onto France
    Ab5        F5               Bb5      C#5  
The battle of Berlin and more veteran partance
       Ab5       F5           Bb5           C#5  
At the end this generation, not like the last
Bb5                 C#5
Kids today need to learn from the past


[Chorus]
Ab5           F5
Stagger, you drink and then fall
Bb5                             Ab5      
Unaware that your life is held up against the wall
Ab5           F5   
Aching, just dying inside
          Bb5                     Ab5
Still you cling on tight to your obstinate pride


Ab5         F5              Bb5        C#5  
Getting to loud barkeeper gives the hook
Ab5              F5                 Bb5          C#5  
All the patrons laugh so hard the dive nearly shook
Ab5       F5             Bb5          C#5  
Into the alley he goes furious and irate
Bb5                       C#5
Expletives and threats babbled in hate
Ab5         F5              Bb5     C#5  
Finally he collapses down to the asphalt
Ab5               F5            Bb5       C#5  
Battered mug and lacerations, it's his fault
Ab5             F5               Bb5        C#5  
Bystanders tap numbers for the ambulance call
Bb5                     C#5
Salty dog going for an E.R. haul


[Chorus]


Ab5               F5
Salt you stagger away and then fall
Bb5                        C#5
Continuously stubborn and defiant through it all
Ab5                 F5
Vet you'll rattle, bemoan and berate
Bb5                 C#5
People not backing ideals out of date


Ab5                       F5
What he doesn't realize (What he doesn?t realize.)
C#5                                 C5        Bb5
Is he's the enemy of him (He?s the enemy of him )
Ab5                 F5
What he can't see (What he doesn?t realize.)
        C#5                           C5        Bb5
Is he's stuck in yesterday (He?s the enemy of him )

Ab5                 F5
Battle EMT's, they try to help him
Bb5                            C#5
Inside self imposed defiance, he'd rather swim
Ab5        F#5     Bb5          C#5     C(x3) Bb(x3)
Inside of him , a crazy death wish


[Chorus]


Ab5                  F#5  
I knew a man at the end of the bar
       Bb5                  C#5       
With a VFW jacket and some old battle scars
        Ab5              F#5  
Did you hear the news?
          Bb5              C#5 (x6)   Ab5
Stagger's wish came true