Of Montreal - Penelope Chords

[Intro]
 
G
 
 
[Verse]
 
C                   D7
Penelope, shoot the apple off my head
   G                F
I need to go to the store
            Eb                             F
To get some sleep, because I've run out of sleep
 
The rowboat came so David stopped arguing
Ab              Gm                  Bb
With a mime and waved his arms like wheat
                     Dbo
But when he tried to speak the Prince of Plum fell through the
D7                           F                  B  C#m  B
Roof of his mouth and handed David an envelope
Db
Inside was a letter that read
                          Bbm      Db
"Sir, you were given this envelope by mistake, please disregard it."
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C                   D7
Nicolynn, shoot the candle off my head
  G                 F                 Eb                       F
I need to go to the store to get some beets to rub all over my feet
 
Andy's joke reminded Gerard
         Ab                Gm               Bb
That his sloth balloon was owned by Turkish moths
                  Dbo
Gerard's Lebanese boss had sent him out on business
D7                            F                           B  C#m  B
Giving his word that he would keep it locked in the safe
           Db
But it was all deceit ‘cause once he had the sloth balloon
   Bbm
He traded it to the moths for
       Dbm                                       Db
A lithograph of "Lady Lamenting on a Lawn Chair"
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
C       E       Am      G
 
 
[Bridge]
 
     C
What interested Balabanoba was building
      F#o                                                         Dm            Ab6
Complicated French machines designed to better enjoy the duchess, and she him
   C                Dm               G              C
He helps her in the stirrups then he straps himself in
                                    Dm           G
They spend their days in heights of ecstasy, but wait
         Am
Why then does she look so sad?
    E
Why is her countenance so glum?
         Dm
Does she tire of mechanical hands?
          G
Or is she pining for the fair Prince of Plum?
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C                   D7
Lulubird, shoot the doorbell off my head
G                   F                 Eb
I need to go to the store to get some treats
                        F
For Gothe, Beckett, and Keates
                                                 Ab         Gm                 Bb
The characters of "The Gay Parade" formed a boys choir with Static and the Red King
                  Dbo                          D7
But whenever they sing all postal workers simultaneously
               F                       D7           G
whisper to themselves the word calendar, “Calendar”