Loudon Wainwright III – The Doctor (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
C                                     C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, "Son

F
You look older than me and I'm seventy-one.

C                                   G
You're fallin apart, and not living right."

C                              C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, " Loud,

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You gotta stop hanging round with that old in crowd,

C                   G                    C
Living's a battle, and you're losing the fight."
[Verse 2]
C                                     C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, "Boy,

F
your body's temple, its not a toy.

C                                                G
Fill up this here paper cup and give it to the nurse."  (Don't spill it now!)

C                              C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, "Friend,

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this should be  the middle, but it could be the end.

C                        G                        C
You'd better get better, or else you gonna get worse."
[Chorus]
Am     F                          C
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh , I went to the doctor.

Am   F                         C     G
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh , I went to the doctor.
[Verse 3]
C                                     C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, "Sir,

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we got back the x-ray, everything's a blur!

C                                               G
Its all positive, thats what every single test shows."

C                              C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, "Kid,

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It was something that you ate or drank or something that you did.

C                   G               C
And its spreading on down to your toes."
[Chorus]
Am     F                          C
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh , I went to the doctor.    (Everybody does!)

Am   F                         C     G
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh , I went to the doctor.
[Verse 4]
C                                     C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, "Please

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get on down to the drugstore and pick up some of these.

C                                     G
Than get on home, get into your bed."

C                              C7
I went to the doctor and the doctor said, "Shucks,

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Thats about all, you owe me three hundred bucks.

C                   G                      C
And call me in the morning, thats if you're not dead."
[Chorus]
Am     F                          C
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh , I went to the doctor.   (Just checkin up on ya)

Am   F                         C     G
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh , I went to the doctor.