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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