Loudon Wainwright Iii - The Home Streatch Chords

[Verse 1]
E
If the day off doesn't get you
G
Then the bad reviewer does.
A
At least you've been a has-been
E
And not just a never-was
D
And you know it's not a mountain
Em
But no mole hill is this big.
D
And you promise to quit drinking
Em
As you light another cig.
 
[Verse 2]
E
Once again you're in the home stretch
G
But you're not sure where you live.
A
You recall a small apartment
E
And a government that you give
D
Large amounts of money to
Em
So you're allowed to stay
D
And rest until you're well enough
Em
To leave again and play.
 
[Bridge]
E G A E D Em D Em
 
[Verse 3]
E
You are making human contact
G
With the postcards that you send
A
To the children of your ex-wifes
Em
And a woman, your girlfriend.
D
Who is living in a city
Em
Thousands of miles away
D
That is full of young male models,
Em
Not all of whom are gay.
 
[Verse 4]
Em
In the meanwhile you've stopped writing songs,
G
There's nothing left to say.
A
You'd like to get your old job back
                E
And mow lawns again one day.
D
But your lifting up your left leg
Em
Sticking out your tongue.
D
There's nothing else that you can do
Em
And you're too old to die young!
 
[Interlude]
G A Em D Em D Em
 
[Verse 5]
E
Too many beds, too many towns,
G
Not much to declare zones.
A                               E
London broils and Tuna Melts on dirty microphones.
D
While the sound man's falling fast asleep,
Em
The light man's been up for days,
D
The club owner and arithmetic
Em
Have long since parted ways.
 
[Verse 6]
Em
As for the lovely audience,
G
Tonight they're rather cold.
A
But they're prepared to listen,
E
All they have to be is told.
D
If the day off doesn't get you
Em
Then the bad reviewer does.
D
At least you've been a has-been
Em
And not just a never-was.