Half Fist chords by Loudon Wainwright III

SimplifiedD · C · G · Dsus4 · Em

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Verse 1
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Dsus4 
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I've
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seen the family photos
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And the man's a mystery
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Died in 1942 at the age of 43
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My grandmother was his widow
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Em 
And my father was his son
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Em 
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Oh, but I know next to nothing
Em 
Of the first Loudon

Verse 2
D 
They say he was an SOB
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G 
Who liked to smoke and  drink
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In the photos he looks handsome
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Attractive's what I think
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And there's one of him in uniform
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Em 
And it must have been World War I
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They say he was an expert sailor
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And could handle a shotgun

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Interlude 1

In the wedding portrait Pos

Verse 3
C 
G 
ing with his young bride
D 
His right hand, hidden by her bouquet
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G 
Is left hanging at his side
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G 
Closed in a kind of half- fist
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G 
Em 
Unsure what he'd just done
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C 
Facing his short future
Em 
Like he could hit someone
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It was elbows off

Verse 4
the table
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G 
Before the meal'd begun
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And it's his hands I recognize
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He gave them to his son
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Whose own hands held and
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touched me
Em 
And ruffled up my hair
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Em 
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And I re cognize that half- fist
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I'd know it anywhere

Interlude 2

Verse 5
D 
Later on, in the late 30s
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He began to go to seed
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In the photos he looks loaded
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They observe and I will heed
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Mugging for the camera,
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Em 
having a little fun
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Cigarette in one hand

Verse 6
And a drink in the other one
Em 
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Yes, I  know a little something
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About the first Loudon
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My grandmother was his widow
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C 
And my father was his son
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C 
G 
Tell me what are we afraid of?
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Em 
Why do we res ist?
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I spread my hands and flex my fingers