Key: G major
Intro 1
F
G
Am
F
Bb
Verse 1
G
While Kurt kicked on his moped,
Dm
slings me his colored draws
F
Painting hung behind me is
Eb
presented to the whores
Bb
By a man who plays his guitar
F
on a Monday afternoon
Gm
In the washroom while his typist collects
Bb
percentages from the moon
Am
It's an ordinary diary extract
C
Bb
photo stack from life
Dm
Of the murderous companion and his wife
Bb
Verse 2
Gm
And he's a long way from
F
Bb
Jerusalem by now
G
He's a film scriptor himself
Dm
His mo m will tell you why
F
He blew his mind on Churchill
Eb
Just before the age of five
Bb
And the school looked so much better
F
Gm
While he gunned the fifth year, poof
He profiteered on the nearest mead
Bb
By selling most of himself
Verse 3
Am
Bb
He won't stand competition in any sight,
shape, right or form
Dm
But he'd let you beside the cold
Gm
stir 'round his nose
Bb
And you can stop off at
Gm
F
Jerusalem for a blow
Gm
G
He could organize a food morsel
Dm
in seven years from now
F
If you tell him it's for the hot liquor
Eb
of Mecca's sacred cow
Verse 4
Bb
And he'll probably unbutton what
F
is left in half a fly
Gm
He'll show you inside information
Bb
plus the green upon his thigh
Am
It's the phone number of someone
Bb
who said he'd be prepared to die
Dm
If the man would give him
Gm
Bb
bubble gum and rice
Gm
F
And the waiter says, "The cavalry is nice"
Bb
Verse 5
G
His life is celebration and
Dm
his habits very rare
F
Both his eyes were made by Disney
Eb
and sex of his fortune chair
Bb
Is determined by the comments
F
that he read before
Gm
So be sure to take a candle and be
Bb
prepared to lock the door
Am
Although the sergeants on patrol
Bb
outside his lavatory hall
Dm
Gm
His father says it's likely to be fun,
fun, fun, fun
Bb
They've installed electric
F
jewels in Jerusalem
Bb
Verse 6
G
So if you've got the time to spare
Dm
Be bold and as gay as you can be
Bb
F
An d race him to the poster stuck
Eb
on Eden's panic tree
Bb
Where a face that you might know
Gm
F
stares out across a bloody ground
Gm
An d the caption reads,
Bb
"A false beard and a raincoat have been found"
C
All the leaves
Verse 7
Am
will try to buy you
Bb
and the fruit are awful stud
Dm
And he eats the apples with his
Gm
cancerous teeth, yeah, yeah
Bb
At a quick glance you could
Gm
F
take him for a thief
Bb
Do do do do do
Outro 1
Bb
F
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