Loudon Wainwright III – Thanksgiving (Guitar)

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Chords

E 022100 Am X02210 A X02220 A2 X02200 Asus4 X02230 B7sus4 X21200 capo up 1 fret (original in F major) finger picking style beat: 1 234 1234 string: 6 126 1261 (but playing the other voicings intermittently) [VERSE 1]
   E                  Am     B7sus4                  E
Lord every year we gather here to eat around this table

Am                       E             A                  E
Give us the strength to stomach as much as fast as we are able

A               Asus4 A A2         E
Bless this food to our use though communication's useless

A                  Asus4  A A2       E                       B7sus4
Don't let me drink too much wine Lord you know how I get ruthless
[VERSE 2]
E                  Am                B7sus4               E
Let us somehow get through this meal Without that bad old feeling

Am               E          A                  E
With history and memory and home cooking we're dealing

A                       Asus4 A A2  E
Remind us that we are all grown up adults, no longer children

A                       Asus4 A A2           E                    B7sus4
Now it's our kids that spill the milk and our turn to want to kill them
[VERSE 3]
E                  Am     B7sus4           E
I look around and recognize a sister and a brother

Am                E              A                  E
We rarely see our parents now, we hardly see each other

A                  Asus4 A A2  E
On this auspicious occasion this special family dinner

A                 Asus4 A A2   E                    B7sus4
If I argue with a loved one, Lord please make me the winner
[VERSE 4]
 E                       Am             B7sus4           E
All this food looks and smells so good but I can hardly taste it

Am                     E              A                  E
The sense of something has been lost there's no way to replace it

A                       Asus4 A A2   E
After the meal, switch on the game there's just a few more seconds

A                    Asus4 A A2           E                    B7sus4
But I'm so tired, I need a nap the guest bedroom bed beckons
[VERSE 5]
   E                  Am     B7sus4           E
I fall asleep, I have a dream in it is the family

Am                       E       A                  E
Nothing bad has happened yet and everyone is happy

A                      Asus4 A A2     E
Mother and Father, both still young and naturally they love us

A                       Asus4 A A2    E                    B7sus4
We're all lying on a lawn at night watching the stars above us
[CODA (first part of VERSE 1)]
E                  Am     B7sus4                  E
Lord every year we gather here to eat around this table

E                       Am             A                  E
Give us the strength to stomach as much as fast as we are able
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