Warren Zevon – Porcelain Monkey (Guitar)

Em                  Am         Em
He was an accident waiting to happen

 Em             D
Most accidents happen at home

 Em                      Am       Em
Maybe he should've gone out more often

 Em                 D
Maybe he should've answered the phone

 C                       D
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'

        C                       D
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet

 C                D
Then he threw it all away

       Em                 Am Em
For a porcelain monkey

    C                   D
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey

 C                    D
Gave it all up for a figurine

    C                  D
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas

    C       D        Em
And his face on velveteen

     Em                      Am          Em
From a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns

     Em                             D
Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room

     Em                      Am          Em
He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand

     Em                             D
It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom

    C               D
Left behind by the latest trends

C                         D
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends

C                   D
That's how the story ends

D                   Em
With a porcelain monkey

    C                   D
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey

 C                    D
Gave it all up for a figurine

    C                  D
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas

    C       D        Em
And his face on velveteen

C                       D
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in golden lame'

C                       D
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet

C                     D
Then he threw it all away

D                     Em
For a porcelain monkey

C                     D
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey

C                     D
Gave it all up for a figurine

C                     D
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas

C        D             Em
And his face on velveteen