Key: B major
Verse 1
G
Just knocking around the zoo
On a Thursday afternoon,
There's bars on all the windows
And they're counting up the spoons,
yeah.
C
And if I'm feeling edgy,
G
There's a chick who's paid
To be my slave, yeah, watch out James.
D
But she'll hit me with a needle
C
If she thinks I'm trying
G
to misbehave.
C
Verse 2
D
G
Now the keeper's trying to cool me
Says I'm bound to be all right,
But I know that he can't fool me
'Cause I'm putting him uptight, yeah.
C
And I can feel him getting edgy
G
Every time I make a sudden move,
Whoa, yes it's true.
D
And I can hear them celebrating
G
Every time I up and leave
the room.
C
G
D
G
Verse 3
C
G
C
Now
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D
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C
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D
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C
G
C
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D
G
C
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C
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C
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my friends all come to see me,
They just point at me and stare.
Said, he's just like the rest of us
So what's he doing there?
C
G
They hide in their movie theaters
C
G
Drinking juice, keeping tight,
Watch that bright light.
D
'Cause they're certain
about one thing, babe,
G
That zoo's no place to spend the night,
D
G
no.
Verse 4
G
Just knocking around the zoo
D
G
On a Thursday afternoon,
There's bars on all the windows
And they're counting up the spoons,
yeah.
C
And if I'm feeling edgy,
G
There's a chick who's paid
to be my slave,
Watch out Kootch.
D
G
But she'll hit me with a needle
D
G
If she thinks I'm trying
Outro 1
to misbehave.
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C
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C
D
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