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Porcelain Monkey Ukulele

(ver. 1)
Warren Zevon
Porcelain Monkey (Warren Zevon)
Submitted by Daniel Green

Intro: Dm Dm Dm Dm / Dm G (x2)

Dm                  Dm         Dm
He was an accident waiting to happen
 Dm             G
Most accidents happen at home
 Dm                      Dm       Dm 
Maybe he should've gone out more often
 Dm                 G 
Maybe he should've answered the phone 
 F                       G
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
        F                       G 
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet 
 F                G
Then he threw it all away
       Dm                 Dm Dm
For a porcelain monkey 

    F                   G
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
 F                    G
Gave it all up for a figurine
    F                  G 
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
         F       G 
And his face on velveteen 

Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room 
He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand 
It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom 
Left behind by the latest trends 
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends 
That's how the story ends 
With a porcelain monkey 

(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Intro)

Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame' 
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet 
Then he threw it all away 
For a porcelain monkey 

He threw it away for a porcelain monkey 
Gave it all up for a figurine 
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas 
And his face on velveteen 
            
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