G                   D 
Crossing the highway late last night, 
     C                          G 
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right. 
                          D 
He didn't see the station wagon car. 
      C                   G 
The skunk got squashed and there you are. 
                                D 
You got your dead skunk in the middle of the road 
C                    G 
  Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
                   D 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
             C                G 
(And it's) Stinking to high heaven  
Take a whiff on me. That ain't no rose. 
Roll up your window and hold your nose. 
You don't have to look and you don't have to see 
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory. 
  
(Chorus) 
  
Yeah, you got your dead cat and you got your dead dog. 
On a moonlit night you got your dead toad frog. 
You got your dead rabbit and your dead raccoon. 
The blood and the guts, they gonna make you swoon. 
  
You got your dead skunk  In the middle 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Stinking to high heaven 
  
C'mon, stink 
  
You got it. It's dead.  It's in the middle. 
Dead skunk in the middle 
Dead skunk in the middle of the road 
Stinking to high heaven 
  
All over the road 
Technicolor 
  
Oh, you got pollution. 
It's dead. 
It's in the middle, 
And it's stinkin' to high heaven.