Chords for Loudon Wainwright - Hank and Fred

_ And anyway, I _ was_
this song is about _ getting the news on national public radio that Fred
[F] Rogers [C] had died and how I was kind of devastated by it. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ On my way _ Thursday _ _ from the Y _ [G] I _ _ _ heard it in the car _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Bob Edwards broke _ [C] the _ news to me _ _ Yes, he of _ [G] NPR _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Driving through Montgomery _ _ I _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ hung my head and _ cried _ _
[Am] _ [F] _ _ Then visited _
[C] _ _ _ Hank Williams Gray _ [G] _ The _ day Fred [C] Rogers died _ _ _ _
Zelda _ Sear and Scott _ Fitzgerald _ _ _ _ _ Lived [G] _ somewhere in this old town
_ _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ _ Nat King Cole [C] was born here _ _ Rosa Parks _ stayed sitting [G] _ down _ _ _ _
[C] Black and white, _ _ Jeff _ Booz and music _ genius _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ Courage, _ kindness, _ pride _
[F] I _ felt them all [C] around me there _ The _ [G] _ _ _ _ day Fred [C] Rogers died _ _ _
[F] And we mocked King Friday [G] _
_ [C] _ The _ 13th [F] on _ _ _ Saturday _ [C] Night Live _ _ _ _
[Am] But _ once I _ started [Dm] _ crying _ _ It _ was _ _ _ pretty [G] hard to _ drive _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ One New Year's Day Hank slipped away _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Slumped over in the back _ _
[A] Oh, [F] I hope he had _
[C] his _ _ _ _ cardigan _ [G] _ _ _ _ On in that [C] _ Cadillac _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When you look out from the hilltops _ _ _ _ _ _ You [G] can _ see _ _ Confederate _ graves _ _ _ _
[F] And the railroad runs [C] by the river _ _ _ _ That carried cotton, _ _ _ soldiers, [G] _ _ _ _ slaves _
[C] _ _ _ Hank's real name was _ Hiram _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ We all could feel his pain _ _ _
_ [F] And Fred _ _ _ [C] McFeely _ _ Rogers _ knew [G] how to [C] talk to a train _ _ _ _ _
[F] How he mocked King [C] Friday _ _ _ The _ 13th [F] on _ _ Saturday _ _
[C] Night Live _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ But once I [Dm] started _ _ _ _ _ _ crying It was _ _ _ _ pretty [G] hard to drive _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ Driving through Montgomery _ _ I _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ hung my head and cried _ _ _
[Am] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] Then visited _ Hank Williams' grave _ [G] _ The _ day Fred [Am] Rogers died _ _ _ _
_ [F] Visited _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ Hank _ Williams' grave [G] When _ Mr. _
[C] Rogers [F] _ _ died _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
That _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
was a great song.
That was wonderful.
Thanks.
What was that line in it fairly early on about, uh, Death, Booz, music genius?
Right. _
Black and white, Death, Booz, [B] and music genius, courage, kindness, pride.
Brilliant.
I suppose that's gonna be on your next studio album, is it?
I guess if there is one.