New Monkey Chords by Elliott Smith

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [G#] I'm the sidewalk boss [B]
again, _ telling me how I can't [A#m] keep it.
That I'm a [C#] scotty black, beating Pat [D#m] on the _ back.
_ I look [F#] up and smile, impatient [Am] with dissent.
_ [C#m]
He [D] can't let me see [F#] as a drunk kid.
[A] _
Though I might [C#m] be straight [F#] as an [C#] arrow, his busy [G#m] shaking isn't [F#] covered.
_ _ [C#] _
[G#] Busy shaking isn't [F#] _ covered.
[C#m] _
_ _ [C] Through the door, [Bm] to the [C#] mall, when [B] I see him he's just [A#] a bear.
And a [C#] million friends, throwing [D#]
their hair, _ _ misting [F#] my hair.
Walks [A] me to the living room [C#] aisle, says [C] he's got to settle [F#] for something.
_ [A] _
Though I might [F#] not [G#] be [F#] living, _ [C#m] _
[G#m] anything is better [F#] than nothing.
_ [C#m] _
[G#m] Anything is [F#] better than nothing.
_ [A] _
_ No, I've [F#m] been actually made [D] from the roots, and I take [F#m] my pills.
_ _ [A]
I've been working as [F#m] a [D] drudge, just to make some [C#]
money.
Look at your hands on an orchard [B] [C#] light.
Look at the rings you're gonna [A#] hide.
Well, [C#] under the weather, you [D#] can't be afraid.
_ _ _ No, [F#] not a home, not a [A] empty time, not to go.
[C#]
You're in government [F#] for something.
_ _ [A]
I don't want you [C#] to [G#] feel, [F#] don't you know, [C#] _
[G#] anything is better [F#] than _ nothing.
[A] _
No, [F#m] I've been actually made from [D] the roots, and [F#m] I take my pills.
I've [A] been working as a [F#m] drudge, [D] just to make some money.
[C#] _
_ _ [G#] Don't, _ I'm afraid to [B] look up, this is how I spend [A#m] my time.
Lazing [C#] around, heading [D#] _
_ _ down.
_ Stuck [F#] inside _ [A] my _ _ imagination, [C#]
busy [G#] me, [F#] talking nothing.
_ _ [A] _
Looking around, [G#] _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _
anything [G#] is [F#] better than _ nothing.
_ [C#]
Anything [G#] is better than [F#] nothing.
_ _ [C#m]
Anything [G#] is [F#] better than nothing.
_ _ [C#m]
Anything [G#] is [F#m] better than nothing. _ _ _
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