Porcelain Monkey Chords by Warren Zevon
Tempo:
123.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
C
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[D]
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[D] [Em]
He was an accident waiting to happen Most [D] accidents happen at home
[Em] Maybe he should have gone [Am] out [Em] more often Maybe he [D] should have answered the phone
[C] Hip shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame [C] That's how he earned [D] his regal sobriquet
[C] Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all [D] up for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his [D] face on [Em] velveteen
From
[D] [Em]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [Em] a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns To the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room
[Em] He had a little world [Am] that was smaller [Em] than your head
So block a billy ride [D] from the glitter [Em] to the blue
[C] Left behind [D] by the latest trends [C] Eating fried chicken [D] with his regicidal friends
[C] That's how [D] the story ends [Em] for the porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on [Em]
velveteen
[Am] [Em] Porcelain [D] monkey
[Em]
[Am] Hip [Em]
[D] [Em] [C] shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame [C] That's how he earned his [D] regal sobriquet
[C] Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on [Em] velveteen
[Am] [Em] Porcelain [D] monkey
[Em]
[Am] [Em] Porcelain monkey
[D] [Em] Hey hey hey hey
[Am] [Em]
[D] Porcelain [Em]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [E] monkey
[Em]
[D]
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[D] [Em]
He was an accident waiting to happen Most [D] accidents happen at home
[Em] Maybe he should have gone [Am] out [Em] more often Maybe he [D] should have answered the phone
[C] Hip shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame [C] That's how he earned [D] his regal sobriquet
[C] Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all [D] up for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his [D] face on [Em] velveteen
From
[D] [Em]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [Em] a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns To the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room
[Em] He had a little world [Am] that was smaller [Em] than your head
So block a billy ride [D] from the glitter [Em] to the blue
[C] Left behind [D] by the latest trends [C] Eating fried chicken [D] with his regicidal friends
[C] That's how [D] the story ends [Em] for the porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on [Em]
velveteen
[Am] [Em] Porcelain [D] monkey
[Em]
[Am] Hip [Em]
[D] [Em] [C] shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame [C] That's how he earned his [D] regal sobriquet
[C] Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on [Em] velveteen
[Am] [Em] Porcelain [D] monkey
[Em]
[Am] [Em] Porcelain monkey
[D] [Em] Hey hey hey hey
[Am] [Em]
[D] Porcelain [Em]
[Am] [Em]
[D] [E] monkey
[Em]
Key:
D
Em
C
Am
G
D
Em
C
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
He was an accident waiting to happen _ Most [D] accidents happen at home
[Em] _ Maybe he should have gone [Am] out [Em] more often Maybe he [D] should have answered the phone
_ _ _ _ [C] Hip shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame _ [C] _ That's how he earned [D] his regal _ sobriquet
[C] _ Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He _ [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all [D] up for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] _ Vegas And his [D] face on _ _ [Em] _ velveteen
_ From _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ a shotgun shack singing _ Pentecostal hymns To the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room
[Em] He had a little world [Am] that was smaller [Em] than your head
So block a billy ride [D] from the glitter [Em] to the blue
[C] _ Left behind [D] by the latest trends [C] Eating fried chicken [D] with his regicidal friends
[C] _ That's how [D] the story ends [Em] for the porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He _ [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a _ figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on _ _ [Em] _ _
velveteen
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Porcelain [D] monkey
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Am] Hip _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame _ [C] That's how he earned his [D] regal _ sobriquet
[C] _ Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He _ [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a _ figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on _ _ _ [Em] _ velveteen
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Porcelain [D] monkey
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Porcelain monkey
[D] _ _ [Em] Hey hey hey hey
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Porcelain _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] monkey _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
He was an accident waiting to happen _ Most [D] accidents happen at home
[Em] _ Maybe he should have gone [Am] out [Em] more often Maybe he [D] should have answered the phone
_ _ _ _ [C] Hip shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame _ [C] _ That's how he earned [D] his regal _ sobriquet
[C] _ Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He _ [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all [D] up for a figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] _ Vegas And his [D] face on _ _ [Em] _ velveteen
_ From _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ a shotgun shack singing _ Pentecostal hymns To the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room
[Em] He had a little world [Am] that was smaller [Em] than your head
So block a billy ride [D] from the glitter [Em] to the blue
[C] _ Left behind [D] by the latest trends [C] Eating fried chicken [D] with his regicidal friends
[C] _ That's how [D] the story ends [Em] for the porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He _ [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a _ figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on _ _ [Em] _ _
velveteen
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Porcelain [D] monkey
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Am] Hip _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ shaking, shouting [D] in Gold Lame _ [C] That's how he earned his [D] regal _ sobriquet
[C] _ Then he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey
[Em] He _ [C] threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey Gave it all up [D] for a _ figurine
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas And his face [D] on _ _ _ [Em] _ velveteen
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Porcelain [D] monkey
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ Porcelain monkey
[D] _ _ [Em] Hey hey hey hey
[Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Porcelain _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] monkey _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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