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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[Intro]
Bm7 C G D x2
[Verse 1]
N.C. Bm7 C
Oh when I die and it won't be long
G D
Hey you're gonna be sorry that you treated me wrong
Bm7 C
Yeah you're gonna be sorry that you treated me bad
G D G
Hey and if there's an after life I'll gloat and I'll be glad
[Verse 2]
N.C. Bm7 C
Might be a plane crash, or some sort of OD
G D
Hey there's going to be a photograph with my obituary
Bm7
You're gonna see it and you'll cry
C
You're gonna wanna wear black
G D G
Hey I'll be dead but you can bet your life, I'm gonna get you back
[Verse 3]
N.C. Bm7 C
I'm tired of being left up on your shelf
G D
I might not wait around, might kill myself
Bm7 C
Not only would you miss me, but you'd feel guilty to
G D G
Oh I'd be dead but it'd be too late the joke would be on you
[Verse 4]
N.C. Bm7 C
Ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho
G
Chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle
D
Snigger snigger snigger snigger
Bm7
Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw
C
Yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk
G D
[Verse 5]
N.C. Bm7 C
So you better take warning, start treating me good
G D
Start doing the things that I think you should
Bm7 C
And you better not pout and no you better not cry
G D G
The grim reaper is a-comin' to town and I just might die
Bm7 C G D x2
[Verse 1]
N.C. Bm7 C
Oh when I die and it won't be long
G D
Hey you're gonna be sorry that you treated me wrong
Bm7 C
Yeah you're gonna be sorry that you treated me bad
G D G
Hey and if there's an after life I'll gloat and I'll be glad
[Verse 2]
N.C. Bm7 C
Might be a plane crash, or some sort of OD
G D
Hey there's going to be a photograph with my obituary
Bm7
You're gonna see it and you'll cry
C
You're gonna wanna wear black
G D G
Hey I'll be dead but you can bet your life, I'm gonna get you back
[Verse 3]
N.C. Bm7 C
I'm tired of being left up on your shelf
G D
I might not wait around, might kill myself
Bm7 C
Not only would you miss me, but you'd feel guilty to
G D G
Oh I'd be dead but it'd be too late the joke would be on you
[Verse 4]
N.C. Bm7 C
Ha ha ha ha, ho ho ho ho
G
Chuckle chuckle chuckle chuckle
D
Snigger snigger snigger snigger
Bm7
Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw Guffaw
C
Yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk yuk
G D
[Verse 5]
N.C. Bm7 C
So you better take warning, start treating me good
G D
Start doing the things that I think you should
Bm7 C
And you better not pout and no you better not cry
G D G
The grim reaper is a-comin' to town and I just might die
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