Avenue A Shanghai Hollywood chords by Jeffrey Lewis

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
F# minorF#m D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD

F# minorF#m B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m
F#m B minorBm D MajorD F# minorF#m


Verse:

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Once upon a time there was a princess man

  D MajorD               F# minorF#m
He had the special powers of the checkout scan

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He could price out any product from the UPCs

    D MajorD                F# minorF#m
But he couldn't see the forest for the symmetries

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A augmentedA perfect paranoia now engulfs my pets

     D MajorD              F# minorF#m
That I'm using them as simple social safety nets

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I wish this loneliness upon myself, I'm told

      D MajorD               F# minorF#m
Cause both puppy chow and vengeance are a dish served cold


Chorus:

F# minorF#m                 D MajorD
Meeting with the neighbor traps you in a chat

  F# minorF#m              E MajorE
The dog is kind of bored until she lays down flat

 F# minorF#m               A augmentedA    E MajorE
I just walk out and wander like a floating bag

   D MajorD
And a city dog can always get a hearty wag

Verse:

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So face it, you can't win, who has to try this hard?

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I guess the ace that's in my sleeve is just a pity card

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But I know I rod e a camel from this camera shot

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And I must've had some sexy times that I forgot


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I wait to fall in love, I wait to see Brazil

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I wait to see if plants survive my windowsill

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I wait to see the Northern lights I always missed

   D MajorD                F# minorF#m
Like chicken breast, it's piled in my bucket list


Chorus:

     F# minorF#m               D MajorD
But with laughter and with pain that's a broken heart

   F# minorF#m           E MajorE
When happy ever after is the way it starts

  F# minorF#m                 A augmentedA   E MajorE
But if there's potholes in the rock and roll I tell

  D MajorD
At least it's still a pothole on the road to hell


Verse:

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Avenue A augmentedA was once enthused I guess

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In retrospect compared to all this plywood mess

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Like a dog sits in depression touching chin to floor

D MajorD               F# minorF#m
No one with a job has got the dough no more


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Now he's packing heat and gigging in Shanghai

  D MajorD              F# minorF#m
And no one knows he's secretly a famous guy

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An everlasting fire burns among the cancer smoke

    D MajorD                F# minorF#m
Like a journalist still asking "what is antifolk?"


Bridge:

B minorBm            F# minorF#m
Anyone can catalogue the reasons here

B minorBm           F# minorF#m
Any rationale can be a thing I think

B minorBm             F# minorF#m
Any word of welcome can be sweet and clear

    D MajorD             C# minorC#m
With a hidden scammy virus in the hyperlink


Verse:

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But tell us little stories till we feel more good

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Tell us little stories just like Hollywood

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Tell us little stories so the hours pass

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As we row to reach the island of the middle class