Chords with lyrics
intro/chorus
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Collaborations don't work
G+G G minorGm E MajorE
They don't work, they don't work
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Collaborations don't work
G+G G minorGm E MajorE
They don't work, they don't work
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Collaborations don't work
G+G G minorGm E MajorE
They don't work, they don't work
G+G G minorGm D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm gonna do it all by myse-elf
G+G G minorGm D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm gonna do it all by myself
x2
A augmentedA FF
Mozart didn?t need a little hack to chart
A augmentedA FF
Warhol didn?t need to ask De Kooning about art
G+G E MajorE
Frank Lloyd Wright always ate à la carte
A minorAm E MajorE
Wish I had been that smart
A minorAm E MajorE
Wish I had been that smart
[Chorus]
D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA A minorAm
A augmentedA
Collaborations don't work
You start off deferential
A augmentedA
And strangely reverential
You both feel it's essential
C majorC
Collaborations don't work
He's eyeing your new lover
C majorC
Then one night you discover
Them underneath your covers
A minorAm
A augmentedA
Collaborations don't work
Delaying your vacations
A augmentedA
To sundrenched island nations
To seek some affirmations
C majorC
Collaborations don't work
A augmentedA colon or a comma
C majorC
And then a drawn-out drama
Bring in the Dalai Lama
C majorC
Where is this damn thing a-goin'?
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
Where is this going, someone tell me
FF C majorC G+G
Starlight, rub off on me
FF C majorC G+G
Star bright, rub off on me
[x2]
D MajorD E MajorE C majorC Eb MajorEb
DmDm B minorBm C majorC A minorAm
D MajorD E MajorE C majorC Eb MajorEb
I don't need your patronizing
DmDm B minorBm C majorC A minorAm
I don't need your agonizing
D MajorD E MajorE C majorC Eb MajorEb
I don't need your navel gazing
DmDm B minorBm C majorC A minorAm
I don't get your way of phrasing
D MajorD E MajorE C majorC Eb MajorEb
I don't think you're really trying
DmDm B minorBm C majorC A minorAm
What, pray tell, are you implying?
A minorAm FF x2
A minorAm FF
I ain't no collaborator
A minorAm FF
I am the partisan
G+G E MajorE
Rebel in the rocks with dirty trousers, broken pistol in the hand
A minorAm FF
I ain't no collaborator
A minorAm FF
Hack my scalp if you think I am
G+G E MajorE
I am a sadistic young usurper, a hand on your neck
G+G E MajorE
Hand on your lover, oh, give the man a hand
A minorAm E MajorE
I ain't no collaborator
A augmentedA m E MajorE
I ain't no collaborator
FF E MajorE
I am the master, independent
FF G+G
If I ever need a father, it won't be you, old man
(chorus)
outro
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
C majorC G+G A minorAm