Chords for Loudon Wainwright III- Dead Man (Songwriter's Circle)

[B] So I've been writing, _ my father died in 1988, _ _
and I've been writing a bunch of songs about that,
and him, and me, and us, and it.
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This is the latest installation. _ _
_ _ _ _ He had an apartment in New York on the Upper West Side, _
[Dm] which was recently sold, and the woman that he had lived with
invited me to swing by on the day that they were packing up
and see what was in the closets,
if there's anything I wanted. _ _ _ _ _
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_ Got a dead man _ _ [F] and a dead man's [G] wreath,
dead man's tuxedo _ [D]
with a lived-in feel,
[C] at a dead man's [G] desk, [D] in a dead man's chair.
[G] No, I ain't dead yet, but I'm getting [Dm] there. _
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_ From a dead man's closet, [F] I got a dead man's belt,
[G] a pair of bedroom slippers, [Dm] worn out was how they felt,
[C] and an old tweed [Dm] jacket and patched elbows,
[G] _ _ dress rehearsal in a dead [D] man's clothes.
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_ _ [F] Yeah, I walked a mile [C] in a dead man's [G] shoes,
paid off a dead man's debts [Dm] and all his union dues,
[Gm] slept [F] with a dead man's widow, [C] took in a dead man's [Em] kid.
Whatever I could [A] was all I [Dm] did. _ _ _
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I wore a dead man's pants [F] with a dead man's shirt,
[G] _ tried all of it on, _ [Dm] hell, it couldn't hurt.
[C] _ Clothes make the [G] [Dm] man, so it's been said,
[G] but a man sports a shroud when he's [Dm] buried in his debt. _
_ _ _ _ I tried a dead man's hat on and it hurt [F] my head,
_ [G] _ replayed an outgoing message, the last [Dm] words he said.
[C] I got a dead man's watch, [G] _ [Dm] ain't no big crime.
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I ain't dead yet, I got a little [Dm] more time. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] I read [F] a dead man's will, [C] cashed a [G] dead man's check,
I tied a dead man's necktie [Dm] around my neck.
I [F] wrecked a dead man's car, [C] sank a dead man's boat,
I [Em] said a dead man's [G] prayer, [A] another dead man wrote.
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_ _ _ _ Played a dead man's guitar, [F] sang a dead man's song.
[G] I guess you're all starting to wonder, [Em] _ [D] how long will this go on?
_ [C] It's almost over, [Dm] when it's something done and said.
[G] I'll sleep, dream, and die _ _ _ in [D] a dead man's [Dm] bed. _ _ _ _
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