Chords for Porcelain Monkey - Warren Zevon - 2000
Tempo:
120.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
C
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Come on, ladies and gentlemen.
[E] [Em] He [Am]
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D]
[G] [Em] was an accident waiting ahead.
Most [D] accidents happen at home.
[Em] Maybe he should [Am] have gone out [Em] more often.
Maybe he should [D] have answered the phone.
[C]
If shaking, shouting [D] didn't go to him,
[G]
[C] that's how he earned his [D] rebuke, so becay.
[G]
[C] And he [D] threw it all away [G]
[Em] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded [G] it in [D] for a night in Las [G] Vegas.
[C] And his face [D] on the [Em] TV.
[Am] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[Am] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
From a shotgun shack [Am] singing [Em] Pentecostal hymns
to the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room.
[Em] He had a little world and it [Am] was smaller than your [Em] hand.
His tobacco barely [D] rots from the glitter [Em] to the chrome.
[C] Left behind [D] by the latest trend.
[C] A jeep and fried chicken [D] with wedges, saddle, fried.
[C] That's [D] how they stole [G] him, [Em] with a porcelain [Am] monkey.
[Em]
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey.
He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas.
And his [D] face on the [Em] TV.
Porcelain [D] monkey.
Rocking the night.
[Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] He was shaking, shouting [D] in Golden Bay.
[C] That's how he earned his [D] regal sobriquet.
[C] And he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey.
[Em]
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [G]
[C] Vegas.
And his face [D] on the [Em] TV.
[Am] [Em]
Porcelain monkey.
[D] Rocking the night.
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[D] Porcelain [Em] monkey.
[F#]
[E] [Em] He [Am]
[Em] [D]
[Em]
[D]
[G] [Em] was an accident waiting ahead.
Most [D] accidents happen at home.
[Em] Maybe he should [Am] have gone out [Em] more often.
Maybe he should [D] have answered the phone.
[C]
If shaking, shouting [D] didn't go to him,
[G]
[C] that's how he earned his [D] rebuke, so becay.
[G]
[C] And he [D] threw it all away [G]
[Em] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded [G] it in [D] for a night in Las [G] Vegas.
[C] And his face [D] on the [Em] TV.
[Am] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[Am] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
From a shotgun shack [Am] singing [Em] Pentecostal hymns
to the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room.
[Em] He had a little world and it [Am] was smaller than your [Em] hand.
His tobacco barely [D] rots from the glitter [Em] to the chrome.
[C] Left behind [D] by the latest trend.
[C] A jeep and fried chicken [D] with wedges, saddle, fried.
[C] That's [D] how they stole [G] him, [Em] with a porcelain [Am] monkey.
[Em]
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey.
He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas.
And his [D] face on the [Em] TV.
Porcelain [D] monkey.
Rocking the night.
[Em]
[G] [Em]
[C] He was shaking, shouting [D] in Golden Bay.
[C] That's how he earned his [D] regal sobriquet.
[C] And he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey.
[Em]
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [G]
[C] Vegas.
And his face [D] on the [Em] TV.
[Am] [Em]
Porcelain monkey.
[D] Rocking the night.
[Em] [Am] [Em]
[D] Porcelain [Em] monkey.
[F#]
Key:
D
Em
C
G
Am
D
Em
C
Come on, ladies and gentlemen. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] He _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ was an accident waiting ahead.
_ _ Most [D] accidents happen at home.
[Em] _ Maybe he should [Am] have gone out [Em] more often.
Maybe he should [D] have answered the phone.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
If shaking, shouting [D] didn't go to him,
[G] _
[C] that's how he earned his [D] rebuke, so becay.
[G] _
[C] And he [D] threw it all away [G]
[Em] for a porcelain monkey. _ _ _
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded [G] it in [D] for a night in Las [G] Vegas.
[C] _ And his face [D] on the _ [Em] TV.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
From a shotgun shack [Am] singing _ [Em] Pentecostal hymns
to the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room.
[Em] He had a little world and it [Am] was smaller than your [Em] hand.
His tobacco barely [D] rots from the glitter [Em] to the chrome.
[C] _ Left behind [D] by the latest trend.
[C] A jeep and fried chicken [D] with wedges, saddle, fried.
[C] _ _ That's [D] how they stole [G] him, [Em] with a porcelain [Am] monkey.
_ [Em] _
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey.
He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas.
And his [D] face on the _ _ [Em] TV. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Porcelain [D] monkey.
Rocking the night.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] He was shaking, shouting [D] in Golden Bay.
[C] That's how he earned his [D] regal sobriquet. _
[C] _ And he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey.
_ [Em] _
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [G]
[C] Vegas.
And his face [D] on the _ [Em] TV.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ Porcelain monkey.
[D] _ Rocking the night.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Porcelain [Em] monkey.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[E] _ _ [Em] He _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [Em] _ _ _ was an accident waiting ahead.
_ _ Most [D] accidents happen at home.
[Em] _ Maybe he should [Am] have gone out [Em] more often.
Maybe he should [D] have answered the phone.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
If shaking, shouting [D] didn't go to him,
[G] _
[C] that's how he earned his [D] rebuke, so becay.
[G] _
[C] And he [D] threw it all away [G]
[Em] for a porcelain monkey. _ _ _
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded [G] it in [D] for a night in Las [G] Vegas.
[C] _ And his face [D] on the _ [Em] TV.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
From a shotgun shack [Am] singing _ [Em] Pentecostal hymns
to the wrought iron gates [D] to the TV room.
[Em] He had a little world and it [Am] was smaller than your [Em] hand.
His tobacco barely [D] rots from the glitter [Em] to the chrome.
[C] _ Left behind [D] by the latest trend.
[C] A jeep and fried chicken [D] with wedges, saddle, fried.
[C] _ _ That's [D] how they stole [G] him, [Em] with a porcelain [Am] monkey.
_ [Em] _
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain [C] monkey.
He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [C] Vegas.
And his [D] face on the _ _ [Em] TV. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Porcelain [D] monkey.
Rocking the night.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] He was shaking, shouting [D] in Golden Bay.
[C] That's how he earned his [D] regal sobriquet. _
[C] _ And he threw [D] it all away [Em] for a porcelain [Am] monkey.
_ [Em] _
[C] He threw it away [D] for a porcelain monkey.
[C] He made all up [D] for a figure eight.
[C] He traded it [G] in [D] for a night in Las [G]
[C] Vegas.
And his face [D] on the _ [Em] TV.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ Porcelain monkey.
[D] _ Rocking the night.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Porcelain [Em] monkey.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _