Chords for Loudon Wainwright - Harry's Wall

_ How are you this week, anyway?
_ Fine.
I, I, _ uh_
I have a present for you. _
Yes?
I had such a great time doing the show,
I wanted to give you my 8x10. _ _
Oh.
Yeah?
_ Well, thanks a lot, Loudon.
_ [N] _ _ _ Don't get me a pair of cufflinks or anything, you know.
Give me something valuable. _
It'll save me buying a hawker's notice anyway. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ You look taller on the radio. _ _
[D] What does this say?
This is, this is, uh,
Jasper, thanks for the big break.
And I sign it, Loudo.
_ Loudo?
That's my show business.
Oh, really?
I saw you on MASH a couple of weeks ago.
Yeah, yeah, I, [G] I'm_
It's an old, uh, rerun.
It was great to be on MASH,
because in the, in the 60s,
I was a draft dodger.
So I, it was great to finally get to put a uniform on.
[E] _
_ How many episodes of that do you do?
I, I got, uh, I did three.
They're gonna show two more.
When?
Oh, because now you, you [G] wouldn't know, would you?
I don't know.
Sometime.
Check your local whatever.
Okay.
So what have you got for us this week?
It's another song,
but it's a song about the whole experience
of doing this _ _ fabulous show.
[F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] That's okay, Loudo. _ _ _
All right, let's hear it.
Okay.
Loudon Wainwright III, ladies and gentlemen.
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_ _ _ Everywhere I go in this town
[D] _ _ People recognize _ _
[A] me
_ Probably cause they've seen me singing
These songs [E] on TV _
[A] In _ the last eight weeks I've [G]
[D] found
_ A goldmine of [G] exposure
[A] _ _ My career has taken off
[Em] _
[E] _ I'm a [A] celebrity _ _
_ The guy I buy my grapefruit [G]
[D] from
_ Smiles at me every morning _
[A] _ _ All the tellers at my bank
Are _ at [E] my beck and call
_ [A]
And _ Harry owns the shop [D] in town
_ Where I take my dry cleaning
[A] _
I gave him my _ 8x10
[E] _
To hang [A] up on his wall
[D] _ _
_ Pretty soon I'll be a [A] name
In each and every household
[D] _ _
A lifelong dream is coming true
[A] It's _ [E] happening for me
_ [A] _
On the street the people stare
[D] _ _
And I can hear them whisper
_ [A] _ _
There he goes, there's what's [E]-his-name _
We saw [A] him on TV _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I try to be polite and humble
_ [D] _ Down to earth and normal
[G] _ _ [A] _ So when I walk away they'll say
He's just [E] like you and me
_ _ [A] _ _ But there is a pressure and
[D] _ It's so hard to act natural
[A] _ _ When millions see you every week
[E] _ Sing these songs [A] on TV
_ _ The _ snooty waitress in the wine [D] bar
Is acting pretty friendly
_ [A] _ _ Fending off these friendly _ females
Is pretty [E] damn tricky
_ [A] _ The 8x10s on Harry's wall
[D] Are stars you all have heard [G] of
[A] _ _ Frankie Vaughn, the three [E] degrees
_ _ [A] Chaz and Dave and [D] me
_ All my life all that I wanted
_ [A] _ _ Was to be real [G] famous
[D] _ On a surname _ [G] basis
[A] _ With [E] a lot of matri-dees
[A] _ I'm the talk and toast of this [D] town
_ Listen to them _ [A] murmur
_ _ There he goes, there's what's-his [E]-name
_ We [A] saw him on TV _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I'd like to take the time right now
[D] _ To thank my old pal Jasper
[A] _ _ _
For hiring me to write and sing
These _ [E] great songs on TV
_ [A] _ _ _
It's advertising for [D] myself
_ And though they do not pay well
[A] _ _ _
I'd also like to take this [E] time
_ To thank [A] the BBC
_ _ _ _ And if you want an autograph
_ [D] _ _ Well I can understand that
[A] _ I can be reached and written to
_ At this [E] address below _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Did you get that?
_ [Em] _
[A] _ _ An 8x10 like Harry [E]
has
[D] _ Will cost a little extra
[G] _
[A] _ _ They're in demand, they're [G] going [E] fast
_ [A] Sailor biz, you [D] know
_ London is a lonely town
Boom, boom, boom
It's kind of [A] drums, you know
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] But _ _ _ I am never lonely
[D] _
_ Everybody knows me here _ _
[A] _ _ It's clear and [E] plain to [Em] see
[A] _ _ Yesterday a guy walked up
[D] _
He tapped me on the shoulder
_ [G] _
[A] _ He said, aren't you what's-his [G]-name
[E] I saw you on [A] TV _ _ _
Yeah, he said, aren't you what's-his-name
[Em] _
[E] I saw [D] you on _ _ _
_ _ [A] Live TV _ _ _
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_ I saw you on Live _ _ _ _