Warren Zevon – Porcelain Monkey (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] G Em Am Em G Em Am D (x2) [Verse 1]
G Em                 Am         Em
He was an accident waiting to happen

G Em            Am        D
Most accidents happen at home

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

G Em                Am            D
Maybe he should've answered the phone
[Bridge] A D D A D D D D A [Chorus]
 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

G 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       G Em Am Em G Em Am D  (x2)
And his face on velveteen
[Verse 2]
G  Em                      Am          Em
From a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns

G Em                           Am          D
Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room

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

G  Em                           Am                D
It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom
[Chorus 2]
    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

G Em               Am 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        G Em Am Em G Em Am D (x2)
And his face on velveteen
[Chorus]
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

      G 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              G Em Am Em G Em Am D (x2) 
And his face on velveteen