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High Wide Handsome by Loudon Wainwright III
High Wide Handsome
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
D G A G D x2
D G
High, wide and handsome, that's how I like livin'
A G D
High, wide and handsome, that's how life should be
G
Low, skinny and ugly, that's for other people
A G D
High, wide and handsome suits me to a tee
[Chorus]
Em Bm
Song, wine and women, they're my three favorites
G Bm
Beer, gin and whiskey, that's five, six and four
Em Bm
Saturday night, I like eatin' and dancin'
G A
I sleep all day Sunday so's I'm ready for more
D G
High, wide and handsome, you can't take it with you
A G D
High, wide and handsome, that's one way to go
G
Let's live it up, might as well, we're all dyin'
A G D
High, wide and handsome, let's put on a show
Em Bm
Can't quit what will kill me, so why even bother?
G Bm
I love this hard living, so why even try?
Em Bm
I'll be high, wide and handsome when I kick the bucket,
G A
I'll be high, wide and handsome on the day I die.
D G
High, wide and handsome, you can call it my motto,
A G D
High, wide and handsome, call it my creed,
G
Money's just paper, liquor's thicker than water,
A G D
High, wide and handsome, my thought word indeed.
Em Bm
Have high, wide and handsome carved on my headstone,
G Bm
With the date I was born plus the date that I died,
Em Bm
Take one from the other, all that's left is a number,
G A
Just remember I laughed twice as hard as I cried.
D G
High, wide and handsome, that's how I like a-living,
A G D
High, wide and handsome, that's how life should be,
G
Low, skinny and ugly, that's for other people,
A G D
High, wide and handsome suits me to a tee.
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