Biography:
Loudon Wainwright III (born 5 September 1946 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright , children of his marriage to the late Kate McGarrigle. In 1970 he acquired a record deal with Atlantic Records, who released his first album.
A graduate of St. Andrew's School, Wainwright is best known for a 1972 novelty song hit Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)
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Other songs:
- Daughter
- Dead Shunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Drinking Song
- Got A Ukulele
- Hard Day On The Planet
- Tip That Waitress
- When You Leave
- A Year
- Black Uncle Remus
- Cardboard Boxes
- Dead Man
- Dilated To Meet You
- Donations
- Dreaming
- Four Mirrors
- Ghost Blues
- Glad To See Youve Got Your Religion
- Good Ship Venus
- Grey In La
- Grown Man
- Harlan County
- Heaven
- High Wide Handsome
- Hollywood Hopeful
- Homeless
- Human Cannonball
- I Had A Dream
- I Know Im Unhappy
- I Suppose
- Im Alright
- In C
- Iwiwal
- Love And I Hate It
- Lullaby
- Man And Dog
- Men
- Motel Blues
- Muse Blues
- New Paint
- One Man Guy
- Over The Hill
- Pretty Good Day
- Primrose Hill
- Prince Hals Dirge
- Reciprocity
- Road Ode
- School Days
- So Damn Happy
- Sometimes I Forget
- Strange Weirdos
- Strange Wierdos
- Suddenly Its Christmas
- Surviving Twin
- Swimming Song
- The Days That We Die
- The Picture
- The Shit Song
- Therapy
- Turkish Revelry
- Unfriendly Skies
- Unhappy Anniversary
- Unrequited To The Nth Degree
- Valley Morning
- What Gives
- White Winos
- You Cant Fail Me Now
- Your Mother And I
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This is an awesome song from Loudon's album "Last Man On Earth". Its got fingerpicking
but its easy to work out once you have the chords. The intro/bridge is based around C
Enjoy.
Standard tuning, capo on the fifth fret. All chords relative to capo.
Intro C F G
C
Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
F G
She was desperate to live, but her limit was five
C
Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Em F G Am
Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red
Em F G C
Always stick with white wine and stay away from...
C
Mother liked her white wine, and she'd have a glass or two
F G
Almost every single night after her day was through
C
Sancerre, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio
Em F G Am
Just to take the edge off, just to get the glow,
Em F G C
You've got to take the edge off if you want to get the...
Repeat intro C F G
C
Mother liked her white wine and we'd have a glass or three
F G
And we'd sit out on the screen porch, white winos mom and me
C
We'd talk about my childhood, recap my career,
Em F G Am
When we got to my father that was when I'd switch to beer
Em F G C
When we got to the old man then I'd always switch to...
C
Mother liked her white wine and she'd have a glass or 4
F G
Each empty bottle a dead soldier, the marriage was the war
C
When we blurred the edges, when we drank the lot
Em F G Am
Thats when I got nervous, when the glow got hot
Em F G C
I always get nervous when the glow gets...
Bridge C F G
C
I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two
F G
And when I'm down I'll have some whiskey, thats something I shouldn't do
C
Every now and then, I'll take a drop of red
Em F G Am
When I'm with a woman that I want to take to bed
Em F G C
When I'm with a woman that I want to take to...
C
Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
F G
She was desperate to live, but her limit was five
C
Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Em F G Am
Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red
Em F G
Always stick with white wine, and stay away from
Em F G C
Mother liked her white wine
but its easy to work out once you have the chords. The intro/bridge is based around C
Enjoy.
Standard tuning, capo on the fifth fret. All chords relative to capo.
Intro C F G
C
Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
F G
She was desperate to live, but her limit was five
C
Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Em F G Am
Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red
Em F G C
Always stick with white wine and stay away from...
C
Mother liked her white wine, and she'd have a glass or two
F G
Almost every single night after her day was through
C
Sancerre, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio
Em F G Am
Just to take the edge off, just to get the glow,
Em F G C
You've got to take the edge off if you want to get the...
Repeat intro C F G
C
Mother liked her white wine and we'd have a glass or three
F G
And we'd sit out on the screen porch, white winos mom and me
C
We'd talk about my childhood, recap my career,
Em F G Am
When we got to my father that was when I'd switch to beer
Em F G C
When we got to the old man then I'd always switch to...
C
Mother liked her white wine and she'd have a glass or 4
F G
Each empty bottle a dead soldier, the marriage was the war
C
When we blurred the edges, when we drank the lot
Em F G Am
Thats when I got nervous, when the glow got hot
Em F G C
I always get nervous when the glow gets...
Bridge C F G
C
I still like my white wine and I'll have a glass or two
F G
And when I'm down I'll have some whiskey, thats something I shouldn't do
C
Every now and then, I'll take a drop of red
Em F G Am
When I'm with a woman that I want to take to bed
Em F G C
When I'm with a woman that I want to take to...
C
Mother liked her white wine, when she was alive
F G
She was desperate to live, but her limit was five
C
Carefully I'd kiss her, and send her off to bed
Em F G Am
Thank God we stuck with white wine, and stayed away from red
Em F G
Always stick with white wine, and stay away from
Em F G C
Mother liked her white wine
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