Chords for Loudon Wainwright - White Winos / Middle of the Night

[N] _ Mom thing. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
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[C] It was through.
_ [G] _ [F] Salsa, Chardonnay, Chablis, Pinot Grigio. _
[Am] Just to take the edge [C] off.
[E] Just to get the glow.
[Dm] _ _ _ [Am] You have to take the edge [C] off if you want to get [F] it. _ _
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_ _ Mother liked her white wine.
She'd have a glass or three.
We'd sit out on the screen porch.
White wine, those mom and [C] me.
We'd [F] talk about her childhood.
[C] And recap my [Am] career.
When we got to my [Bb] father.
That's when I'd switch to [Dm] beer.
_ _ [Am] _ _
We got to the old man and I'd always [F] switch.
Mother liked her white wine.
She'd have a glass or four.
Each empty bottle a dead soldier.
The marriage [C] was the one.
_ When we [F] blurred the edges.
When we drank a lot. _
That's when I got [C] nervous.
When the [Dm] glow got hot.
_ _ _ [Am] I [Gm] always get nervous when [F] the glow gets. _ _
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I still like my white wine.
And I'll have a glass or two.
When I'm down I'll drink some [Bb] whiskey.
Something I [C] shouldn't do.
_ _ [F] Every now and then I'll take a drop of [Am] red.
When I'm with a woman [Ab] that I want to take to [Dm] bed.
_ _ _ [Am] When I'm with a woman that [C] I want to take to bed.
Mother [F] liked her white wine when she was alive. _
She was desperate to live but her [C] limit was five.
[F] Carefully I'd kiss her, [C] send her off [F] to bed.
[Am] Thank God we stuck to [C] white wine and we stayed away [F] from.
Mother liked her white wine. _ _ _ _
_ Thanks a lot [Bb] folks.
_ Great to be back in Scribdling again.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ Tonight is my last performance. _
I'm going to retire _ and go become a [G] beekeeper.
_ _ _ [C] I've already got the hat.
_ I need the [G] mesh. _
But I'm ready to go.
_ _ _ I don't know, [C] you know, I can't stop.
It's just [G] pouring out [B] of me.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ So here's a new song.
_ _ _ _ Into this pitch darkness we hurl. _ _ _
Where [Bm] there's not a glimmer [A] of _ [E] light.
_ _ [A] It's not [D] the end of [A] the world.
_ _ _ [E] It's [D] just the middle [A] of the night. _
_ And the blackest of [D] _ flags is [A] _ unfurled.
_ _ [B] In all [D] this absence [A] of [E] light. _ _
[A] It's not [D] the end of [A] the world, good people.
_ _ Merely the middle of the night.
_ _ The [D] middle of the night.
_ [A] _ _ That's what this is.
If [D] death is the real [A] test.
This is [E] just a quiz.
_ [Bm] When gray creeps through your window.
_ [Gbm] It will be daylight.
_ The [D] end of this darkness [E] is almost inside.
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Into a ball of fear you are curled. _ _
_ [E] You're holding [D] on with all [A] of your might.
_ _ _ It's not [D] the end of the [A] world, little sister.
_ It's [D] just the middle of the [A] night. _
_ In the maelstrom of your [E] mind you [A] are _ swirled.
[E] You're almost down the drain [A] but not quite. _ _ _
It's not [D] the end of the world, [A] my brother.
_ _ [E] Rather [D] the middle of the [A] night.
_ _ The [D] middle of the night.
[A] When you fear everything. _
[D] But the birds will awake soon.
[E] You will hear them say.
_ _ [Bm] You doubted you'd make it.
[Gbm] Not sure you'd survive.
[B] Well [D] now you're dead tired.
[E] But you're still alive. _ _ _ _ _
[A] About a round [D]-faced fickle [A] finger we're all twirled.
_ [E] Small wonder we're all [A] so uptight.
_ [E] _ [A] _ It's [D] not the end of the [A] world, good people. _
It's [D] just the middle of [A] the night.
_ _ _ _ It's [D] not the [Am] end of the world as we know [A] it.
_ [E] It's just [D] the middle of the [A] night. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Thanks for coming out on a school [Dm] night.
_ [A] _ _ [Bb]
Thank you very much.
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