Loudon Wainwright III – Ghost Blues (Guitar)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudon_Wainwright_III [Intro] A E 4x
A      E   A         E
My old dog misses me so

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To the beach or the dog park, he don't want to go

       A          E              A          E
No, he lies there waiting at the foot of my bed

           A               E          B7         E
Because he knows I'm right there even though I'm dead
[Verse 1]
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You late husband, that would be me

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I've been gone so long I'm just a faint memory

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I've been disparaged in passing by your friends late at night

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I blew out the candles on em, it served em right
[Verse 2]
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The day that I died, I knew I was toast

               A                B7       E
Next day I was hanging out with Marley's ghost

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Help this father, he's a friend of mine

B7
That old Cain can't keep from crying
[Verse 3]
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At my memorial service there was quite a turnout

A            E                  B7        E
Some stayed away, hey, what was that all about?

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Tell me, didn't she love me, didn't he care?

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Nobody saw me out I was right there (I was doing a head count)
[Instrumental] A E A E A E B7 E [Verse 4]
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Now I'm out of the picture, yeah, I'm off of the hook

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Just a chuck of time, that was all that it took

         A           E      A         E
Was it a shot from a gun, a slip of a knife?

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I don't know what killed me, Lord, it might have been life
[Verse 5]
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I had a few children, wrote a few songs

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I got some of it right and a lot of it wrong

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I bought a few houses, a few boats, a few cars

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Being a ghost you might as well be on Mars

A
Cause you're so far off
[Instrumental] A E A E A E B7 E [Verse 6]
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Being a ghost is, you're just in between

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Each and every day of the year is Halloween, yeah

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You're hanging around but you're not really there

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You're hovering over your own old easy chair
[Verse 7]
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Lord, I was hoping for heaven, that would've been swell

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Cause being a ghost, Lord, it's just like being in hell

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You're hungry and you're tired and you can't get no rest

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An though I'd settle for heaven, oblivion would be best
[Verse 8]
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I've been flying around rattling chains

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Appearing in mirrors just to make you insane

             A              E
Making those noises in your house late at night, yeah

B7
I got to haunt you even though it ain't right
[Outro]
A      E   A         E
My old dog misses me so

A                   E         B7               E
To the beach or the dog park, he don't want to go

       A          E              A          E
No, he lies there waiting at the foot of my bed

           A               E          B7         E
Because he knows I'm right there even though I'm dead . . .
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