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Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon

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Intro 1
Am
G
Am
G

Verse 1
Am

I've got a bitter
G

pot of je ne sais quoi
Am

Guess what- - - I'm stirring it
G
F

with a monkey's paw
E

Since I saw you coming out
Am

of my barber's shop
Em

In that skimpy little halter top
Verse 2
Am

Did you light the candles? Did you
G

put on "Kind of Blue"?
Am

Did you use that Ivy Leaage voo
G

doo on him, too?
F

He thinks he'll be alright but he
E

doesn't know for sure
Am
Em
C

Like every other

unindicted coconspirator
Verse 3
G
Am

Mata Hari had a house in France

Where she worked on all
G
F

her secret plans
E

Men were falling for her sight unseen

She was a genius
Am
G
Am
Verse 4
G
Am
G

Am
G

There's a face in every window of the

Songwriter's Neighborhood
Am

Everybody's your best friend whey you're
G
Am
F

doing well- - I mean good

The poet who lived next door when
E

you were young and poor
Am

Grew up to be a back
Em
C

stabbing entrepreneur
Verse 5
G

Albert Einstein was a ladies' man
Am

While he was working on
G
F

his universal plan
E

He was making out like Charlie Sheen
Am

He was a genius
Verse 6
Am

F
Am
F

When you dropped me and
E
Am

you staked your claim
C
F

On a V.I.P. who could make your name
E

You latched on to him and I became
Am

A minor inconvenience
Verse 7
F

E
Am

Your protege don't care about art
C

I'm the one who always told you
F

you were smart
E

You broke my heart into smithereens
Am

And that took genius
G
Em
Verse 8
Am

G
Am
G
Em
Am

You
G
Em
F
E
Dm
C

Am

and the
G
Am
G
Am

barber make a handsome pair

Guess what- - - I never liked the way
G
D
Am
Dm

he cut your hair
F

I didn't like the way he turned
E

your head
Am

But there's nothing I can do or say
Em
G
C

I haven't done or said
Verse 9
G
Am

Everybody needs a place to stand
G

And a method for their schemes and scams
C
F
E

If I could only get my re cord clean
Outro 1

I'd be a genius
Am
G
Am
C
G

Bdim
G
Am
F
G
F

E
E

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Chords
  • Am

  • G

  • F

  • E

  • Em

  • C

  • Dm

  • D

  • Bdim

Capo: 5

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