{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2265671,"song":"The Shit Song","artist":"Loudon Wainwright III","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11476830-the-shit-song-chords-by-loudon-wainwright-iii/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2265671?type=chord","rating":4.80526,"votes":8,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I run into friends of mine I haven't seen in years,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey give me the once over then their eyes well up with tears.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen they pronounce me 'looking great', I haven't changed a bit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI flash 'em back a feeble smile: I know I look like sh*t.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cos I saw myself this morning, phew, and I know of what I speak.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm a human being, but I look like I reek.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a weaker bathroom lightbulb just might take care of it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos the mirror shatters your illusions when you look like sh*t.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSh*t comes in different colors and consistencies,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess that I'm just aging like the finest wines and cheeses.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe guy that's me, who's in my dreams, is twenty-five or six,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm old enough to be his dad, how's that for parlour tricks?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLife's a job you're fired from, unless of course you quit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGee, I wonder if that old blind guy knows that he looks like sh*t?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet's ask him! 'scuse me? No, over here![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlthough I know it's natural, I still can't understand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce I looked like a million bucks, now, more like two grand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe start out with a lot of time, but what happens to it?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTimes flies when you f**k around and then you look like sh*t![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, ain't it the truth, brothers and sisters?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSh*t comes in different colors and consistencies,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]D6[/ch]\r\n'Sh*t's a gift we make', Freud said, here, take mine won't you please?'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGrowing old ain't easy, it's a process so they say.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe proceed to our grand finale, every single day.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut dying doesn't worry me, I'm not bothered a bit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI just don't like the thought of lying there looking like sh*t![/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","D","C","Bm7","A7","Em","D6","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}