Genius in France chords by Weird Al Yankovic
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Intro 1
(G major) (D minor) (G minor) (C major) (B flat major) (C major)
(G major) (A minor) (G major)
I'm not the (A minor) bright (B flat major) est crayon
Verse 1
(A minor) in the box (G major) (G minor) (G major)
Everyone says (A minor) I'm dumber (B flat major) than
a (A minor) bag of rock (G major) s (G minor) (B flat major) (C major)
I barely even know (B flat major) how to
(C major) put on my own pants
(D major) But I'm a genius (G major) in France (C major) (yeah), genius (D major) in France,
genius (G major) in France
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Verse 2
(G major)
Hoom chaka laka
Hoom chaka laka
Hoom chaka
Verse 3
I may not (A minor) be the sharpest (B flat major)
(A minor) hunk of cheese (G major) (G minor) (B flat major)
(G minor) I (G major) got a (A minor) negative num (B flat major) ber
(A minor) on my (G minor) (B flat major) (C major) SATs
I'm not good looking (B flat major) and I (C major) don't
know how to dance (F major)
But never (G minor) theless and in (D minor) spite of the (B flat major) evid
ence I am still widely considered to (D minor) be
A genius (G major) in France, a (C major) genius (D major) in France,
a genius (G major) in France
(D major) (G major)
Verse 4
(D minor)
(F major) People (G major) say (F major) I'm a geek,
a mor (G major) onic (F major) little freak
An an (G major) noying (D minor) (G major) pipsqueak with
an unfortunate physique (G minor)
If (G major) I was any (D minor) dumber,
(F major) (G major) they'd (F major) have to water me (B flat major) twice a (C major) week
(D major) But when the Mademois
Verse 5
elles (D minor) see (G major) me,
they (C major) all swoon (D major) and shriek
They (D minor) dig my (G major) mystique,
they say I'm (C major) c'est mag (D major) nifique
When I'm in (G major) Par- ee,
I'm the (C major) chic- est of the chic
They (D major) love my
Verse 6
(D minor) body (G major) odor
and my (C major) bad (D major) toupee
They love my (D minor) stripey (G major) shirt
and my stupid (C major) (D major) beret
And when I'm (G major) sipping (D major) on a (A minor) Per rier (D major) (G major)
In some café town in (A minor) St. Tropez
(D major) It's
Verse 7
(G major) hard to keep (D major) the (A minor) fans at (D major) bay
They say, "Sign (G major) my poodle, (G minor)
(G major) s'il (G minor) vous (C major) plait"
"Sign my (G major) poodle, (G minor)
(G major) s'il (G minor) vous (C major) plait" (B flat major)
Hemenene humenene
himenene homenene
Interlude 1
Poodle, poodle
(C major) (B flat major) (C major) (G major) (G minor)
(G major) (G minor)
Verse 8
Folks in (G major) my hometown think I'm a fool
(C major) Got (G minor) too much chlorine (G major) in my gene pool
(C major) A few
Verse 9
(G major) peas short of (A major) a cas (C major) serole
A (G major) few buttons miss (A major) ing on
(B flat major) my re (C major) mote con (D major) trol
A (G major) few fries (A major) short of (B flat major) a happy (C major) meal
I couldn't (G major) pour water (B flat major) out of a boot (C major)
with in (D minor) structions on the (G major) heel
Instructions (C major) on the
Verse 10
(C sharp major) heel (D major)
In (C major) structions (B flat major) on (C major) the heel (G major)
(C major) But when
Verse 11
I'm in (B flat major) Provence,
I get free (C major) (B flat major) croissants
Yeah, (C major) I'm (B flat major) the guy every
(C major) French lady (B flat major) wants
And if you (F major) ask 'em why,
you're (C major) bound to get this (G major) response
(He's a genius in France,
genius in France)
Verse 12
That's right (He's a (G major)
genius in France,
genius in France)
You know it
(He's a (F major) genius (G major) in France,
(C major) genius (D major) in France, genius (G major) in France)
I'm not the (A minor) brightest bulb
Verse 13
(B flat major) on the
(A minor) Christmas tree (G major) (G minor) (B flat major) (G major)
But the (A minor) folks in (B flat major) France,
they don't seem (A minor) to agree (G major) (G minor)
They say, (C major) "Bonjour,
Monsieur (B flat major) would you (C major) take ze picture with me?"
(F major) I say,
Verse 14
"Oui, (G major) oui" (G minor) (G major)
That's right, I say, (D minor) (F major) "Oui, (G major) oui"
(F major) "Oui, (G major) oui"
He says, (F major) "Oui, (G major) oui"
Verse 15
I'm (C major) dumber (A minor) (C major) than (A minor) a (C major) box of hair
But (A minor) those (C major) Frenchies (A minor) don't
seem (C major) to care
Don't know (F major) why, mon (G major) frere
But they (E flat major) love (F major) me there
Verse 16
I'm a (C major) genius in France
Verse 17
Yeah, I'm a genius in France
(F major)
Gonna make a big splash (E flat major) when I
show up in Can (F major) nes (E flat major) (G major)
Gonna make those Frenchies (F major) scream
"You (C major) ze man, (G major) you ze man, you ze man"
Like a fine (C major) Renoir
Verse 18
(wah), I've got
that je ne c'est quoi (quoi)
Like a fine Renoir (ooh la la),
I've (E flat major) got that (C major) je ne c'est
Quoi quoi quoi quoi (D minor) quoi, oo- we- oo
(C major) Quoi quoi quoi quoi quoi, (D minor) oo- we- oo
Verse 19
(G major) Bow diddy bow di bow di bow bow diddy
Bow diddy bow di bow di bow
bow diddy (D major) (G major)
Bow
Verse 20
I'm a (C major) taco short of a (D major) combo plate
But by some (F major) twist of fate,
all the Frog (G major) s think I'm great
Oh, the (E major) men all faint and
the wo (F sharp major) men scream
They (A major) like me more than (B major) heavy cream
Verse 21
When I'm (A flat major) in Versailles,
I'm a (B flat major) popular guy
My oh (C sharp major) my, I'm as French as
(E flat major) apple pie (apple pie)
They think I'm (A flat major) awfully witty,
a (A flat major) riot and a half (F sharp major)
(E flat major) When I (A flat major) tell a stupid (F sharp major) joke,
(C sharp major) they laugh (haw haw haw haw haw)
And laugh (B major) (haw (C major) haw haw
Verse 22
haw haw haw)
(F major) People (E flat major) in France have lots of attitude
(C sharp major) They're snotty (F major) (E flat major) and rude,
they like disgusting food (C sharp major)
But (F major) when they (E flat major) see me,
they just come unglued
They think that I am one
happening (B flat major) dude
(D major) Bowm ba ba bowm ba bowm ba
Verse 23
(D major)
bowm
I'm about as sharp (G major) as a (C major) bowling (D major) ball
But they like (G major) me better than
(C major) Charles (D major) de (G major) Gaulle
Verse 24
Entre (F major) nous, (B flat major) it's (C major) very true
(D major) The room temperat (G minor) ure's (F major)
(B flat major) higher (C major) than my (D major) IQ
But they (G major) love me (G minor) more (B flat major) than
Gerard (C major) (D major) (E flat major) De pardieu
How did this hap (D major) pen? I
don't have a clue (D minor)
Verse 25
(G minor) Well, I'm not the quickest
tract (B flat major) or on the farm (G minor) (B flat major) (C major)
(G minor) I don't have any skills or
(B flat major) grace (C major) or charm (G minor) (D minor) (F major) (C major)
And most people look (B flat major) at me
like I'm (C major) all covered with ants
(D major) But I'm a genius in France (G major) (yeah), genius (C major) (D major) in France,
(C major) genius in France (G major)
Verse 26
And I'm nev (C major) er goin' (G major) back,
I'm (C major) never goin' (G major) back
I'm (C major) never never never never
(F major) goin' back home again (G major)
I'm (C major) tearin' up my re (F major) turn (A minor) flight (G major) ticket
Gonna (C major) tell the folks back (F major) here
where (A minor) they can (G major) stick it
Verse 27
'Cause I'm (C major) never goin' (G major) back
I'm (C major) never goin' (G major) back
I'm (C major) never (F major) goin' (A major) back
Verse 28
(D major) The girls back (C major) home never
gave me a (D major) chance (C major)
But I sho' (D major) 'nuff got them Frog (C major)
s in some kinda trance (D major) (C major)
And I'm (D major) aware that it's a most (C major)
improbable (B flat major) circumstance
But (A major) "Great Googily Moogily", I'm
a genius in France
(D major) (C major) (B flat major) (A major) (G major) (F major) (E major)
Verse 29
(D major) Every Frenchie that I meet (C major)
(D major) Just can't wait to kiss my feet (C major)
(D major) Get in line, (F major) pucker (G major) up, tout (A minor) suite
Verse 30
(A major) Bowm diddy bowm diddy bowm diddy
I'm gettin' (D major) even more
famous by the (C major) hour
I'm (D major) stuffed with pastries
and drunk with power
Now they're (D minor) puttin' up my (F major) statue
by the (G major) Eiffel Tower (A major) (D minor) (C major)
Verse 31
A (A major) little more to the left, (D major) boys,
a (A major) little more to the left (D major)
A (A major) little more to the left, (D major) boys,
a (A major) little more to the left (D major)
Interlude 2
(C major) (D major) (D minor) (C major) (D major) (D minor) (D major) (D minor)
(D major) (D major) (B flat major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major)
I'm the (A minor) biggest (B flat major) dork
Verse 32
there (A minor) is alive (G major) (G minor)
My (G major) mom picked (A minor) out my clothes (B flat major)
for me (A minor) (G major) 'til I was (C major) (G major) 35
And (C major) I forgot to men (B flat major) tion
I'm (C major) not even welcome at
the Star Trek convention
(D major) But the
Verse 33
Frenchies think (G major)
That my poop don't (D major) stink
I'm a genius in France (E flat major)
(G major)
Verse 34
Say, would you pass the Grey Poupon? (G major)
(G minor) Merci (B flat major) (G minor) beaucoup
Genius in France
Weird Al Yankovic
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