Chords for Thanksgiving by Loudon Wainwright III

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_ _ _ _ We'll work backwards, shall we?
This is called Thanksgiving. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lord, every year [Bb] we gather [Bbm] here to [C] _ _ eat around [F] this table.
_ _ [Bbm] Give us a strength [F] to stomach as much [Bb] _ as fast [F] as we are able.
_ _ [Bb] _ Bless this food [Bb] to our use, [F] though _ _ communication's useless.
_ _ [Bb] _ Don't let me drink too much wine.
_ [F] _ Lord, you know how I [F] get ruthless.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] _ Let us somehow [Bbm] get through this meal.
_ _ [C] _ Without that [F] bad old feeling _ [Bbm] _ _ with history [F] and memory [Bb] and _ home cooking we're dealing.
[F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ Remind us that we're all grown up, [G] _ _ adults no longer children.
_ Now [Bb] _ it's our kids' [Bb] spill the [F] milk and our turn [C] to want to kill them.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ Look around and [Bbm] recognize _ [Bb]
a [C] _ _ sister and a [F] brother. _ _
_ [Bbm] We rarely see our [F] parents now, _
_ [Bb] _ _ hardly see each other.
On _ _ this auspicious [Bb] _ occasion, _ [F] _ this special family dinner, _ _ _ if I argue [Bb] with a loved one,
[F] Lord, please [C] make me the winner.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ All this food [Bbm] looks and smells so good, _ [C] but _ I can hardly [F] taste it.
_ [Bbm] _ _
The sense of something [F] has been lost.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
There's no way to [F] replace it.
_ [Bb] _ After the meal, _ switch on the game.
[F] _ _
It's just a few more seconds, _ [Bb] but I'm so tired I need a nap.
_ [F]
The guest [C] bedroom bed beckons. _
[G] I _ _ _ _ _ [F]
fall asleep.
[Bbm] I have a dream.
_ [C] _ _
In it is [F] the family.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm]
Nothing [F] bad has happened yet [Bb] and _ everyone is [F] happy.
_ _ [Bb] _ Mother and father, both still young, [F] _
and naturally they love us.
_ [Bb] We're all lying on a lawn at night [F] _ _
watching [C] the stars above [G] us. _ _
_ _ Lord, every year [Bb] we gather [Bbm]
here [C] to _ eat around [F] this table. _
_ [Bbm] _ Give us the [F] strength to stomach as much [Bb] _ [Dm] as fast as [F] we are able. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Thanksgiving, that one's called. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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