The Home Stretch
The Home Stretch

The Home Stretch easy guitar chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

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Guitar
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E A D G B E

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Capo

  • Em

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • Bsus4

    2

  • B

    2

  • Em

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • Bsus4

    2

  • B

    2
    • Verse 1
    If the 
    day off 
    doesn't 
    get 
    you 

    Then the 
    bad 
    reviewer 
    does. 

    At 
    least 
    you've 
    been 
    a has- 
    been 

    And not 
    just 
    a never- 
    was 

    Verse 2
    And you 
    know it's 
    not 
    a mountain 

    But 
    no 
    mole 
    hill 
    is 
    this 
    big. 

    And you 
    promise 
    to quit 
    drinking 

    As 
    you 
    light 
    another 
    cig. 

    Verse 3
    Once 
    again 
    you're 
    in the 

    home 
    stretch 

    But you're 
    not 
    sure 
    where you 
    live. 

    You re
    call 
    a small 
    apartment 

    And 
    a 
    government 
    you 
    give 

    Large 
    amounts 
    of 
    money to 

    So 
    you're 
    allowed 
    to stay 

    And 
    rest 
    until you're 
    well 
    enough 

    To 
    leave 
    again and 
    play. 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 4
    You 
    are making 
    human 
    contact 

    With the 
    postcards 
    that 
    you send 

    To the 
    children 
    of 
    your 
    ex- 
    wifes 

    And 
    a woman, 
    your 
    girlfriend. 

    Who 
    is 
    living 
    in 
    a city 

    Thousands 
    of 
    miles 
    away 

    That 
    is 
    full 
    of 
    young 
    male 
    models, 

    Not 
    all 
    of 
    whom 
    are 
    gay. 

    Verse 5

    In 
    the meanwhile 
    you've 

    stopped 
    writing 
    songs, 

    There's 
    nothing 
    left 
    to 
    say. 

    You'd 
    like 
    to 
    get 
    your 
    old 
    job 
    back

    And 
    mow 
    lawns 
    again 
    one 
    day. 

    But you 
    keep 
    lift
    ing 
    up 

    your 
    left 
    leg 

    Sticking 
    out 
    your 
    tongue. 

    There's 
    nothing 
    else 
    that 
    you 
    can 
    do 

    And 
    you're 
    too 
    old 
    to die 
    young! 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 6
    Too 
    many 
    beds, 
    too 
    many 
    towns, 

    Not 
    much 
    to declare 
    zones. 

    London 
    broils 
    and 
    Tuna 
    Melts 

    on 
    dirty 
    microphones. 

    While 
    the sound 
    man's 

    falling 
    fast 
    asleep, 

    The 
    light 
    man's 
    been 
    up 
    for 
    days, 

    The 
    club 
    own
    er and 
    arithmetic 

    Have 
    long 
    since 
    parted 
    ways. 

    Verse 7

    As 
    for 
    the 
    lovely 
    audience, 

    To
    night 
    they're 
    rather 
    cold. 

    But 
    they're 
    prepared 
    to 
    listen, 

    All 
    they 
    have 
    to 
    be 
    is 
    told. 

    Verse 8
    If 
    the 
    day 
    off 
    doesn't 
    get 
    you 

    Then 
    the 
    bad 
    reviewer 
    does. 

    At 
    least 
    you've 
    been 
    a 
    has- 
    been 

    And 
    not 
    just 
    a never- 
    was. 

    Outro 1

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