Stop and Smell the Roadkill

Written sometime in the 1999-2001 timeframe; I can probably pin it down more accurately by going through my notebook.

Lyrics

Intro

dramatic chords: A . . . E . . . G . . . Gb . . . Bm . .

Verse 1

Bm Gb7	Well I'm tryin' to find my way back home to my sainted Aunt Marie
A E7	She was last seen in a comic book which did not belong to me
Bm Gb7	Well she took me for an outlaw and I took her for a fool
A E7	So I set sail on a cruise ship on a voyage 'cross a swimming pool

Bm E G Bm

Chorus 1

A E7	Well don't say I'm only half insane, don't tell me that I'm wrong
G D	Everybody's up in arms, I'm just trying to belong
Bm A	If there's one thing that I've learned in life, I know it's kinda dumb
	You gotta stop E7 and smell the roadkill F, don't forget Gb where you are from

Gb7...

Verse 2

Well I thought that everything I thought was just as well as done

So I went out without a doubt and tried to look for number one

It came upon me slowly, so I got up and went

It happened then, I don't know when, I got tied up in cement

Bm E G Bm

Chorus 2

Well listen here, I don't know for sure, but it just seems so to me

You're dead set on your reckoning, don't get caught too far at sea

If there's one thing that I've learned, just stop and let me have my say

You gotta stop and smell the roadkill, count your blessings every day

solo verse

E              B7
D              A
Bm             E
C     G        Gb-aug-7      Bm

Bridge

I oftimes can remember

Or at leastaways can't forget

All the times we'd say that we got to get away

And we haven't got one yet

Wake up and smell the catfood

You're living in a fool's pair a' shoes

Sometimes when you ain't winning,

Best thing to do is lose.

Chorus 3

If there's one thing you done told me, and I knew it all along

I may be insane, I might be to blame, but I'm the one that wrote this song

If you're out riding shotgun when I come nosin' 'round

Just stop and smell the roadkill, it's the best thing that I've found

Outro

CHORDS:    D A  Bm A  G  A   D  D
BASS LINE: D Db B  A  G  A   D  D
CHORDS:    D A  Bm A  G  Gb  Bm Bm
BASS LINE: D Db B  A  G  Gb  B  B