Loudon Wainwright III – High Wide Handsome (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G A G D x2
D                               G
High, wide and handsome, that's how I like livin'

A                               G               D
High, wide and handsome, that's how life should be

                             G
Low, skinny and ugly, that's for other people

A                             G       D
High, wide and handsome suits me to a tee
[Chorus]
Em                    Bm
Song, wine and women, they're my three favorites

G                             Bm
Beer, gin and whiskey, that's five, six and four

Em                     Bm
Saturday night, I like eatin' and dancin'

  G                             A
I sleep all day Sunday so's I'm ready for more

D                            G
High, wide and handsome, you can't take it with you

A                            G            D
High, wide and handsome, that's one way to go

                            G
Let's live it up, might as well, we're all dyin'

A                             G          D
High, wide and handsome, let's put on a show

Em                            Bm
Can't quit what will kill me, so why even bother?

G                       Bm
I love this hard living, so why even try?

Em                              Bm
I'll be high, wide and handsome when I kick the bucket,

G                                        A
I'll be high, wide and handsome on the day I die.

D                           G
High, wide and handsome, you can call it my motto,

A                      G             D
High, wide and handsome, call it my creed,

                        G
Money's just paper, liquor's thicker than water,

A                      G                  D
High, wide and handsome, my thought word indeed.

Em                           Bm
Have high, wide and handsome carved on my headstone,

G                           Bm
With the date I was born plus the date that I died,

Em                        Bm
Take one from the other, all that's left is a number,

G                           A
Just remember I laughed twice as hard as I cried.

D                            G
High, wide and handsome, that's how I like a-living,

A                        G                      D
High, wide and handsome, that's how life should be,

                        G
Low, skinny and ugly, that's for other people,

A                      G                D
High, wide and handsome suits me to a tee.