The Shit Song chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Chords with lyrics

G+G                         D MajorD
When I run into friends of mine I haven't seen in years,
D MajorD                            G+G
They give me the once over then their eyes well up with tears.
G+G                              C majorC
Then they pronounce me 'looking great', I haven't changed a bit,
          G+G        D MajorD  C majorC Bm7Bm7 D MajorD  G+G
I flash 'em back a feeble smile: I know I look like sh*t.

G+G                             D MajorD
'Cos I saw myself this morning, phew, and I know of what I speak.
D MajorD                   G+G
I'm a human being, but I look like I reek.
G+G                            C majorC
And a weaker bathroom lightbulb just might take care of it,
             G+G       D MajorD  C majorC  Bm7Bm7 D MajorD  G+G
'Cos the mirror shatters your illusions when you look like sh*t.

C majorC               G+G
Sh*t comes in different colors and consistencies,
 A7A7                 D MajorD   C majorC     D MajorD
I guess that I'm just aging like the finest wines and cheeses.
G+G                     D MajorD
The guy that's me, who's in my dreams, is twenty-five or six,
D MajorD                          G+G
I'm old enough to be his dad, how's that for parlour tricks?
G+G                          C majorC
Life's a job you're fired from, unless of course you quit,
       Bm7Bm7   G+G     D MajorD       C majorC Bm7Bm7  D MajorD  G+G
Gee, I wonder if that old blind guy knows that he looks like sh*t?
        D MajorD            E minorEm G+G
Let's ask him! 'scuse me? No, over here!

G+G                D MajorD
Although I know it's natural, I still can't understand.
                            G+G
Once I looked like a million bucks, now, more like two grand.
G+G                          C majorC
We start out with a lot of time, but what happens to it?
           G+G          C majorC  Bm7Bm7 D MajorD  G+G
Times flies when you f**k around and then you look like sh*t!
G+G                      C majorC
Oh, ain't it the truth, brothers and sisters?

C majorC               G+G
Sh*t comes in different colors and consistencies,
 A7A7                 D MajorD             D6D6
'Sh*t's a gift we make', Freud said, here, take mine won't you please?'

G+G               D7D7       D MajorD
Growing old ain't easy, it's a process so they say.
                       G+G
We proceed to our grand finale, every single day.
                        C majorC
But dying doesn't worry me, I'm not bothered a bit,
           G+G     D MajorD      C majorC  Bm7Bm7 D MajorD  G+G