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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Capo 2 (3/4 time)
[Intro]
C G C
[Verse 1]
C G C
There'll be lots of drinking in Heaven
F C
Smoking and eating and sex
F C
What you didn't do in this life, bad for you,
D7 G
Will be totally cool in the next
C G C
In Heaven there'll be beer for breakfast
F E7sus4/B E7
At lunch it's tequila and wine
F C
And the soup served with dinner is made with paint thinner
D G C G
And the morning hereafter feels fine, Oh
[Verse 2]
C G C
Good behaviour will get you to heaven
F C
It's Beulah Land, that's where you're bound
F C
But nobody makes nice up there in paradise
D7 G
When you get up there then you get down
C G C
And the angels have ashtrays in Heaven
F E7sus4/B E7
Saint Peter puffs on a cigar
F C
that's right smoking's allowed, it's what makes all those clouds
D G C G
and you don't have to sit at the bar, Oh
[Verse 3]
C G C
And they eat all day long up in Heaven
F C
And nobody ever gets fat
F C
No not one calorie and the ice cream is free
D7 G
It comes in a pint, quart, or a vat
C G C
And it's just one big orgy in Heaven
F E7sus4/B E7
And nobody ever says "no"
F C
And it's front, sideways, back, and you start to lose track
D G C G
But you don't lose your get up and go, Oh
[Verse 4]
C G C
There'll be lots of drinking in Heaven
F C
Smoking and eating and sex
F C
What you didn't do in this life, bad for you,
D7 G
Will be totally cool in the next
C G C
In Heaven there'll be beer for breakfast
F E7sus4/B E7
At lunch it's sambucca and wine
F C
The gazpacho with dinner is made with paint thinner
D G C G
And the morning hereafter feels fine, Oh
[Intro]
C G C
[Verse 1]
C G C
There'll be lots of drinking in Heaven
F C
Smoking and eating and sex
F C
What you didn't do in this life, bad for you,
D7 G
Will be totally cool in the next
C G C
In Heaven there'll be beer for breakfast
F E7sus4/B E7
At lunch it's tequila and wine
F C
And the soup served with dinner is made with paint thinner
D G C G
And the morning hereafter feels fine, Oh
[Verse 2]
C G C
Good behaviour will get you to heaven
F C
It's Beulah Land, that's where you're bound
F C
But nobody makes nice up there in paradise
D7 G
When you get up there then you get down
C G C
And the angels have ashtrays in Heaven
F E7sus4/B E7
Saint Peter puffs on a cigar
F C
that's right smoking's allowed, it's what makes all those clouds
D G C G
and you don't have to sit at the bar, Oh
[Verse 3]
C G C
And they eat all day long up in Heaven
F C
And nobody ever gets fat
F C
No not one calorie and the ice cream is free
D7 G
It comes in a pint, quart, or a vat
C G C
And it's just one big orgy in Heaven
F E7sus4/B E7
And nobody ever says "no"
F C
And it's front, sideways, back, and you start to lose track
D G C G
But you don't lose your get up and go, Oh
[Verse 4]
C G C
There'll be lots of drinking in Heaven
F C
Smoking and eating and sex
F C
What you didn't do in this life, bad for you,
D7 G
Will be totally cool in the next
C G C
In Heaven there'll be beer for breakfast
F E7sus4/B E7
At lunch it's sambucca and wine
F C
The gazpacho with dinner is made with paint thinner
D G C G
And the morning hereafter feels fine, Oh
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