Warren Zevon – Gorilla Youre A Desperado (Guitar)

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From "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School" (1980) 12-string acoustic, standard tuning. [Intro] A D A E A D A E A [Verse]
 A                 D
Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo,

 A                          E
snatched the glasses right off my face.

A                     D
Took the keys to my BMW,

 A               E         A
left me here to take his place.
[Verse]
A                 D
I wish the ape a lot of success,

A              E
I'm sorry my apartment's a mess,

A                            D
Most of all, I'm sorry if I made you blue,

A               
I'm bettin' the gorilla will too.
[Verse]
           A                      D
They say "Jesus will find you wherever you go",

     A                                 E          A
but when he'll come looking for you, they don't know.

        A                   D
In the meantime keep your profile low,

   A                    E A
gorilla, you're a desperado.
[Bridge]
F#m                     E
He built a house on an acre of land,

    D                  A
he called it "Villa Gorilla".

F#m              E
Now I hear he's getting divorced,

  D
laying low at L'Ermitage, of course.
[Solo] A D A E A D A E A [Bridge]
F#m                E
Then the ape grew very depressed,

 D                           A
went through transactional analysis.

F#m                       E
He plays racquetball and runs in the rain,

D
still, he's tethered to a platinum chain.
[Verse]
 A                 D
Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo,

 A                          E
snatched the glasses right off of my face.

 A                    D
took the keys to my BMW,

 A               E         A
left me here to take his place. hah!
[Solo] A D A E A D A E A