Chords for Loudon Wainwright performs Dead Skunk at Rockpalast Germany
Tempo:
79.9 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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about it and if I don't people will be terribly disappointed all over Germany
but this was a big hit song when it wasn't really a big hit song it was
number 12 didn't even get in the top ten but it was number one for six weeks for
six weeks in Little Rock Arkansas only intelligent [G] people the chorus which is
what we're all gonna sing and what you people at home are gonna sing too on
the couch sitting there on the couch is this [D] dead skunk in the [C] middle of the
road dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road dead [D] skunk in the middle of the
road [C] stank in the high [G] heaven you know what if you have skunks here right yeah
no think of a politician you don't like skunk is a North American animal which
mits the terrible odor when struck by an automobile or attacked by a dog let's
hear you sing that out
Dead skunk [A] in the middle of the [C] road, dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk [D] in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' the [G] high heaven.
Country song.
Crossin' the highway [D] late last night, [C]
[Em] shoulda looked left and [G] shoulda looked right, didn't see the [D] station wagon car, skunk got [G] squashed and there you are.
You got a dead skunk in the middle [C] of the road, dead skunk [G] in the middle of the road, dead [D] skunk in the middle of the road, [G] stankin' the high heaven.
Clapping your hands.
Take a whoop on me, [D] that ain't no [C] rose.
Roll up your [G] windows.
Don't have to look and [E] you don't have to see.
[C]
[G] Everybody sing this song with me in Germany.
Dead skunk [C]
[G] in the middle of the road, dead [E] skunk in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' [G]
the high heaven.
Yeah, you got your dead cat and [A] you got your dead dog on [C] a moonlight [G] night.
You got your dead toad frog, got your dead [D] rabbit and your dead raccoon.
[C]
Blood and the guts are [G] gonna make you smooth, everybody.
Dead skunk in the middle of [C] the road, dead skunk [G] in the middle of the road, dead [D]
skunk in the middle of [G] the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in [N] the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead
but this was a big hit song when it wasn't really a big hit song it was
number 12 didn't even get in the top ten but it was number one for six weeks for
six weeks in Little Rock Arkansas only intelligent [G] people the chorus which is
what we're all gonna sing and what you people at home are gonna sing too on
the couch sitting there on the couch is this [D] dead skunk in the [C] middle of the
road dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road dead [D] skunk in the middle of the
road [C] stank in the high [G] heaven you know what if you have skunks here right yeah
no think of a politician you don't like skunk is a North American animal which
mits the terrible odor when struck by an automobile or attacked by a dog let's
hear you sing that out
Dead skunk [A] in the middle of the [C] road, dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk [D] in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' the [G] high heaven.
Country song.
Crossin' the highway [D] late last night, [C]
[Em] shoulda looked left and [G] shoulda looked right, didn't see the [D] station wagon car, skunk got [G] squashed and there you are.
You got a dead skunk in the middle [C] of the road, dead skunk [G] in the middle of the road, dead [D] skunk in the middle of the road, [G] stankin' the high heaven.
Clapping your hands.
Take a whoop on me, [D] that ain't no [C] rose.
Roll up your [G] windows.
Don't have to look and [E] you don't have to see.
[C]
[G] Everybody sing this song with me in Germany.
Dead skunk [C]
[G] in the middle of the road, dead [E] skunk in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' [G]
the high heaven.
Yeah, you got your dead cat and [A] you got your dead dog on [C] a moonlight [G] night.
You got your dead toad frog, got your dead [D] rabbit and your dead raccoon.
[C]
Blood and the guts are [G] gonna make you smooth, everybody.
Dead skunk in the middle of [C] the road, dead skunk [G] in the middle of the road, dead [D]
skunk in the middle of [G] the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in [N] the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead
Key:
G
C
D
A
E
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about it and if I don't people will be terribly disappointed all over Germany
but this was a big hit song when it wasn't really a big hit song it was
number 12 didn't even get in the top ten but it was number one for six weeks for
six weeks in Little Rock Arkansas _ _ _ _ _ only intelligent [G] people the chorus which is
what we're all gonna sing and what you people at home are gonna sing too on
the couch sitting there on the couch is this [D] dead skunk in the [C] middle of the
road dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road dead [D] skunk in the middle of the
road [C] stank in the high [G] heaven you know what if you have skunks here right yeah
no think of a politician you don't like skunk is a North American animal which
mits the terrible odor when struck by an automobile or attacked by a dog let's
hear you sing that out
_ Dead skunk [A] in the middle of the [C] road, dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk [D] in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' the [G] high heaven.
Country song. _ _
_ _ Crossin' the highway [D] late last night, [C]
[Em] shoulda looked left and [G] shoulda looked right, didn't see the [D] station wagon car, skunk got [G] squashed and there you are.
You got a dead skunk in the middle [C] of the road, dead skunk [G] _ in the middle of the road, dead [D] skunk in the middle of the road, [G] stankin' the high heaven.
Clapping your hands. _ _ _ _
_ _ Take a whoop on me, [D] that ain't no [C] rose.
Roll up your [G] windows.
Don't have to look and [E] you don't have to see.
[C]
[G] Everybody sing this song with me in Germany.
Dead skunk _ [C] _
_ [G] in the middle of the road, dead [E] skunk in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the high heaven.
Yeah, you got your dead cat and [A] you got your dead dog on [C] a moonlight [G] night.
You got your dead toad frog, got your dead [D] rabbit and your dead raccoon.
[C]
Blood and the guts are [G] gonna make you smooth, everybody.
Dead skunk in the middle of [C] the road, dead skunk [G] in the middle of the road, dead _ [D] _
skunk in the middle of [G] the road, _ dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in [N] the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead
but this was a big hit song when it wasn't really a big hit song it was
number 12 didn't even get in the top ten but it was number one for six weeks for
six weeks in Little Rock Arkansas _ _ _ _ _ only intelligent [G] people the chorus which is
what we're all gonna sing and what you people at home are gonna sing too on
the couch sitting there on the couch is this [D] dead skunk in the [C] middle of the
road dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road dead [D] skunk in the middle of the
road [C] stank in the high [G] heaven you know what if you have skunks here right yeah
no think of a politician you don't like skunk is a North American animal which
mits the terrible odor when struck by an automobile or attacked by a dog let's
hear you sing that out
_ Dead skunk [A] in the middle of the [C] road, dead [G] skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk [D] in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' the [G] high heaven.
Country song. _ _
_ _ Crossin' the highway [D] late last night, [C]
[Em] shoulda looked left and [G] shoulda looked right, didn't see the [D] station wagon car, skunk got [G] squashed and there you are.
You got a dead skunk in the middle [C] of the road, dead skunk [G] _ in the middle of the road, dead [D] skunk in the middle of the road, [G] stankin' the high heaven.
Clapping your hands. _ _ _ _
_ _ Take a whoop on me, [D] that ain't no [C] rose.
Roll up your [G] windows.
Don't have to look and [E] you don't have to see.
[C]
[G] Everybody sing this song with me in Germany.
Dead skunk _ [C] _
_ [G] in the middle of the road, dead [E] skunk in the middle of the [C] road, stankin' [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ the high heaven.
Yeah, you got your dead cat and [A] you got your dead dog on [C] a moonlight [G] night.
You got your dead toad frog, got your dead [D] rabbit and your dead raccoon.
[C]
Blood and the guts are [G] gonna make you smooth, everybody.
Dead skunk in the middle of [C] the road, dead skunk [G] in the middle of the road, dead _ [D] _
skunk in the middle of [G] the road, _ dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in [N] the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead skunk in the middle of the road, dead