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Thanksgiving by Loudon Wainwright III
Thanksgiving
Tuning: E A D G B E
E 022100
Am X02210
A X02220
A2 X02200
Asus4 X02230
B7sus4 X21200
capo up 1 fret (original in F major)
finger picking style
beat: 1 234 1234
string: 6 126 1261 (but playing the other voicings intermittently)
Thanksgiving
Loudon Wainwright III
[VERSE 1]
E Am B7sus4 E
Lord every year we gather here to eat around this table
Am E A E
Give us the strength to stomach as much as fast as we are able
A Asus4 A A2 E
Bless this food to our use though communication's useless
A Asus4 A A2 E B7sus4
Don't let me drink too much wine Lord you know how I get ruthless
[VERSE 2]
E Am B7sus4 E
Let us somehow get through this meal Without that bad old feeling
Am E A E
With history and memory and home cooking we're dealing
A Asus4 A A2 E
Remind us that we are all grown up adults, no longer children
A Asus4 A A2 E B7sus4
Now it's our kids that spill the milk and our turn to want to kill them
[VERSE 3]
E Am B7sus4 E
I look around and recognize a sister and a brother
Am E A E
We rarely see our parents now, we hardly see each other
A Asus4 A A2 E
On this auspicious occasion this special family dinner
A Asus4 A A2 E B7sus4
If I argue with a loved one, Lord please make me the winner
[VERSE 4]
E Am B7sus4 E
All this food looks and smells so good but I can hardly taste it
Am E A E
The sense of something has been lost there's no way to replace it
A Asus4 A A2 E
After the meal, switch on the game there's just a few more seconds
A Asus4 A A2 E B7sus4
But I'm so tired, I need a nap the guest bedroom bed beckons
[VERSE 5]
E Am B7sus4 E
I fall asleep, I have a dream in it is the family
Am E A E
Nothing bad has happened yet and everyone is happy
A Asus4 A A2 E
Mother and Father, both still young and naturally they love us
A Asus4 A A2 E B7sus4
We're all lying on a lawn at night watching the stars above us
[CODA (first part of VERSE 1)]
E Am B7sus4 E
Lord every year we gather here to eat around this table
E Am A E
Give us the strength to stomach as much as fast as we are able
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