Biography:
Loudon Wainwright III (born 5 September 1946 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright , children of his marriage to the late Kate McGarrigle. In 1970 he acquired a record deal with Atlantic Records, who released his first album.
A graduate of St. Andrew's School, Wainwright is best known for a 1972 novelty song hit Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)
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Other songs:
- Daughter
- Dead Shunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Drinking Song
- Got A Ukulele
- Hard Day On The Planet
- Tip That Waitress
- When You Leave
- A Year
- Black Uncle Remus
- Cardboard Boxes
- Dead Man
- Dilated To Meet You
- Donations
- Dreaming
- Four Mirrors
- Ghost Blues
- Glad To See Youve Got Your Religion
- Good Ship Venus
- Grey In La
- Grown Man
- Harlan County
- Heaven
- High Wide Handsome
- Hollywood Hopeful
- Homeless
- Human Cannonball
- I Had A Dream
- I Know Im Unhappy
- I Suppose
- Im Alright
- In C
- Iwiwal
- Love And I Hate It
- Lullaby
- Man And Dog
- Men
- Motel Blues
- Muse Blues
- New Paint
- One Man Guy
- Over The Hill
- Pretty Good Day
- Primrose Hill
- Prince Hals Dirge
- Reciprocity
- Road Ode
- School Days
- So Damn Happy
- Sometimes I Forget
- Strange Weirdos
- Strange Wierdos
- Suddenly Its Christmas
- Surviving Twin
- Swimming Song
- The Days That We Die
- The Picture
- The Shit Song
- Therapy
- Turkish Revelry
- Unfriendly Skies
- Unhappy Anniversary
- Unrequited To The Nth Degree
- Valley Morning
- What Gives
- White Winos
- You Cant Fail Me Now
- Your Mother And I
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No capo, and he plays it in Drop D so you get the lovely low open strings on the Dm
Verse/Instrumentals
Dm - F - C - Dm - C - Dm - G - Dm
Bridge Bit
F - C - G - Dm - F - C - Bm - A
Dm F
I got dead man's rod dead man's reel
C Dm
Dead man's tuxedo with a lived in feel
C Dm
Dead man's desk and a dead man's chair
G Dm
No I ain't dead yet, but I'm getting there
Dm F
From a dead man's closet I got a dead man's belt
C
A pair of bedroom slippers
Dm
Worn out was how they felt
C Dm
And an old tweed jacket with patched elbows
G Dm
Dress rehearsal in a dead man's clothes
F C
Yeah I walked a mile in a dead man's shoes
G Dm
Paid off a dead man's debts, and all his union dues
F C
Slept with a dead man's widow, took in a dead man's kid
Bm A
Whatever I could was all I did.
Dm - F - C - Dm - C - Dm - G - Dm (Instrumental)
Dm F
I wore a dead man's pants, with a dead man's shirt
C Dm
tried all of it on, hell it couldn't hurt
C Dm
Clothes make the man, so it's been said
G Dm
But a man sports a shroud when he's buried and he's dead
Dm F
Tried a dead man's hat on and it hurt my head
C Dm
Replayed an outgoing message, the last words he said
C Dm
I got a dead man's watch ain't no big crime
G Dm
I ain't dead yet, I got a little more time
F C
I read a dead man's will, cashed a dead man's cheque
G Dm
Tied a dead man's neck tie round my neck
F C
I wrecked a dead man's car, I sank a dead man's boat
Bm A
I said a dead man's pray another dead man wrote
Dm F
Played a dead man's guitar, sang a dead man's song
C Dm
I guess you'll starting to wonder how long will this go on
C Dm
It's almost over, when its sung done and said
G Dm
I'll sleep dream and die in a dead man's bed
Verse/Instrumentals
Dm - F - C - Dm - C - Dm - G - Dm
Bridge Bit
F - C - G - Dm - F - C - Bm - A
Dm F
I got dead man's rod dead man's reel
C Dm
Dead man's tuxedo with a lived in feel
C Dm
Dead man's desk and a dead man's chair
G Dm
No I ain't dead yet, but I'm getting there
Dm F
From a dead man's closet I got a dead man's belt
C
A pair of bedroom slippers
Dm
Worn out was how they felt
C Dm
And an old tweed jacket with patched elbows
G Dm
Dress rehearsal in a dead man's clothes
F C
Yeah I walked a mile in a dead man's shoes
G Dm
Paid off a dead man's debts, and all his union dues
F C
Slept with a dead man's widow, took in a dead man's kid
Bm A
Whatever I could was all I did.
Dm - F - C - Dm - C - Dm - G - Dm (Instrumental)
Dm F
I wore a dead man's pants, with a dead man's shirt
C Dm
tried all of it on, hell it couldn't hurt
C Dm
Clothes make the man, so it's been said
G Dm
But a man sports a shroud when he's buried and he's dead
Dm F
Tried a dead man's hat on and it hurt my head
C Dm
Replayed an outgoing message, the last words he said
C Dm
I got a dead man's watch ain't no big crime
G Dm
I ain't dead yet, I got a little more time
F C
I read a dead man's will, cashed a dead man's cheque
G Dm
Tied a dead man's neck tie round my neck
F C
I wrecked a dead man's car, I sank a dead man's boat
Bm A
I said a dead man's pray another dead man wrote
Dm F
Played a dead man's guitar, sang a dead man's song
C Dm
I guess you'll starting to wonder how long will this go on
C Dm
It's almost over, when its sung done and said
G Dm
I'll sleep dream and die in a dead man's bed
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