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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Hard Day on the Planet chords by boognishlives
It's about time we got some chords of this amazing artist on this site, no? Here
is my contribution.
No Capo; Standard tuning.
The beat for this song is kind of staggered, so listen to the song while playing to get the beat.
Am E
The dollar went down, and the President said:
Am E
"Who's in charge, now?" I don't know, take your pick.
Am E
A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back.
Am E
Things are looking kind of gray, like they're going to black.
Am E
Don't turn on the TV, don't show me them papers.
Am E
Don't want to know he got kidnapped, or why they all raped her.
Am E
I want to go on vacation till the pressure lets up,
Am E
But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up.
Chorus:
F Am
Its been a hard day on the planet
C E Am
How much is it all worth?
F Am
Its getting harder to understand it
C E Am
Things are tough all over on earth.
(chords repeat throughout song.)
Its hot in December and cold in July
When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky
In California the body counts keep getting higher
Its evil out there, man that state is always on fire.
Everyone has a system, but they can't seem to win
Even Bob Geldorf looks alarmingly thin
I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place
But there's gonna be warfare up there in outer space
(chorus)
I've got clothes on my back, and shoes on my feet...
A roof over my head, and something to eat...
My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive...
You know, it's amazing but sometimes I think I'll survive.
I've got all of my fingers and all of my toes...
I'm pretty well off I guess, I suppose...
So how come I feel bad so much of the time?
A man ain't an island, John Dunn wasn't lying.
(chorus)
It's business as usual; some things never change
It's unfair, it's tough, unkind and it's strange
We don't seem to learn; we can't seem to stop
Maybe some explosions would close up the shop
You know, maybe that would be fine; we would be off the hook.
We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took.
And it all would be over, finito, the end!
...until the survivors started up all over again!
(chorus, with minor variation):
Its been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth to you?
Its getting harder to understand it,
Things are tough all over on earth, it's true.
Its been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth to you?
Its getting harder to understand it,
Things are tough all over on earth, it's true.
End on Am.
Thanks for reading, and leave your comments below. If something is inaccurate, let me know.
It's about time we got some chords of this amazing artist on this site, no? Here
is my contribution.
No Capo; Standard tuning.
The beat for this song is kind of staggered, so listen to the song while playing to get the beat.
Am E
The dollar went down, and the President said:
Am E
"Who's in charge, now?" I don't know, take your pick.
Am E
A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back.
Am E
Things are looking kind of gray, like they're going to black.
Am E
Don't turn on the TV, don't show me them papers.
Am E
Don't want to know he got kidnapped, or why they all raped her.
Am E
I want to go on vacation till the pressure lets up,
Am E
But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up.
Chorus:
F Am
Its been a hard day on the planet
C E Am
How much is it all worth?
F Am
Its getting harder to understand it
C E Am
Things are tough all over on earth.
(chords repeat throughout song.)
Its hot in December and cold in July
When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky
In California the body counts keep getting higher
Its evil out there, man that state is always on fire.
Everyone has a system, but they can't seem to win
Even Bob Geldorf looks alarmingly thin
I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place
But there's gonna be warfare up there in outer space
(chorus)
I've got clothes on my back, and shoes on my feet...
A roof over my head, and something to eat...
My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive...
You know, it's amazing but sometimes I think I'll survive.
I've got all of my fingers and all of my toes...
I'm pretty well off I guess, I suppose...
So how come I feel bad so much of the time?
A man ain't an island, John Dunn wasn't lying.
(chorus)
It's business as usual; some things never change
It's unfair, it's tough, unkind and it's strange
We don't seem to learn; we can't seem to stop
Maybe some explosions would close up the shop
You know, maybe that would be fine; we would be off the hook.
We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took.
And it all would be over, finito, the end!
...until the survivors started up all over again!
(chorus, with minor variation):
Its been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth to you?
Its getting harder to understand it,
Things are tough all over on earth, it's true.
Its been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth to you?
Its getting harder to understand it,
Things are tough all over on earth, it's true.
End on Am.
Thanks for reading, and leave your comments below. If something is inaccurate, let me know.
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