Loudon Wainwright III – Dead Skunk (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D C G G D C G [Verse 1]
  G                  D
Crossing the highway late last night,

   C                          G
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right.

   G                      D
He didn't see the station wagon car.

    C                      G
The skunk got squashed and there you are.
[Chorus]
             G                 D
You got your dead skunk in the middle of the road

C                 G
Dead skunk in the middle of the road

G                 D
Dead skunk in the middle of the road

C                G
Stinking to high heaven
[Link] G D C G [Verse 2]
       G                 D
Take a whiff on me. That ain't no rose.

C                       G
Roll up your window and hold your nose.

    G                          D
You don't have to look and you don't have to see

               C                 G
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory.
[Chorus]
             G                 D
You got your dead skunk in the middle of the road

C                 G
Dead skunk in the middle of the road

G                 D
Dead skunk in the middle of the road

         C                 G
And it's  stinking to high heaven
[Link] G D C G G D C G [Verse 3]
          G                         D
Yeah, you got your dead cat and you got your dead dog.

     C                            G
On a moonlight night you got your dead toad frog.

             G                    D
You got your dead rabbit and your dead raccoon.

    C                              G
The blood and the guts, they gonna make you swoon.
[Chorus]
             G          D
You got your dead skunk,  in the middle,

C                 G
Dead skunk in the middle of the road

G                 D
Dead skunk in the middle of the road

C                G
Stinking to high heaven
C'mon, stink [Link] G D C G
G   D   C   G
              You got it,
[Outro]
     G      D
It's dead.    It's in the middle.

C                   G
  Dead skunk in the middle

G                 D
Dead skunk in the middle of the road

C                G
Stinking to high heaven

G        D
            All over the road

C        G
             Technicolor
G D C G
G    D    C                 G
             Oh, you got pollution.

     G                  D
It's dead.  It's in the middle,

         C                      G
And it's stinkin' to high, high heaven.

G   D   C   G
(repeat to fade)