The Shit Song chords by Loudon Wainwright III

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D
C
A
Dsus4
Bb

Verse 1
G 
When I run into friends of mine
D 
I haven't seen in years,
They give me the once over then
G 
their eyes well up with tears.
Then they pronounce me 'looking
C 
great', I haven't changed a bit,
G 
D 
I flash 'em back a feeble
G 
smile: I know I look like shit.

Verse 2
G 
'Cos I saw myself this morning, phew,
D 
and I know of what I speak.
I'm a human being,
G 
but I look like I  reek.
And a weaker bathroom lightbulb just
C 
might take care of it,
G 
'Cos the mirror shatters your
D 
G 
illusions when you look like shit.
C 

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Verse 3
Shit comes in different colours,
G 
A 
and consistencies,
D 
I guess that I'm just aging like the
Dsus4 
D 
G 
finest wines and cheeses.
The guy that's me, who's in my dreams,
D 
is twenty- five or six,
I'm old enough to be his dad,
G 
how's that for parlour tricks?
Life's a job you're fired from,
C 
unless of course you quit,
G 
Gee, I wonder if that old blind guy
D 
G 
knows that he looks like shit?

Verse 4

Let's ask him!

Verse 5

'Scuse me? No, over here!

Verse 6
Although I know it's natural,
D 
I still can't understand.
Once I looked like a million bucks,
G 
now, more like two grand.
We start out with a lot of time,
C 
but what happens to it?
G 
Times flies when you fuck around
D 
G 
and then you look like shit!

Verse 7

Verse 8
Oh, ain't it the truth, brothers and sisters?
C 
Shit comes in different colours,
G 
A 
and consistencies,
'Shit's a gift we make', Freud said,
D 
'here, take mine won't you please?'
G 
Growing old ain't easy,
D 
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D 
it's a process so  they say.
We proceed to our grand finales,
G 
every single day.
But dying doesn't worry me,
C 
I'm not bothered a bit,
G 
I just don't like the thought of
D 
G 
lying there looking like shit!