Hollywood Hopeful chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
D MajorD          C majorC
I am a full fledged, grown-up adult
  C majorC               D MajorD
I'm tryin' make a dent, tryin' to get a result
D MajorD             A minorAm
I'm hold up in a Hollywood hotel suite
C majorC            D MajorD
Tequila to drink and avocado to eat

D MajorD (with hammer-on)

     D MajorD             C majorC
They got all kinds of victories and lots of downfalls
     C majorC           D MajorD
They got drugs in the rugs and ghosts in the walls
D MajorD               A minorAm
Starlets in the lobby that can make a man drool
C majorC              D MajorD
Blood on the curtains and a phone by the pool

D MajorD (with hammer-on) A minorAm C majorC D MajorD

Verse:
D MajorD              C majorC
Well I never did see so many TV stars
   C majorC           D MajorD
And I never did see so many rented cars
 D MajorD           A minorAm
I never did see so many desperate eyes
   C majorC           D MajorD
And I never did hear so many bold faced lies

D MajorD (with hammer-on)

      D MajorD       A minorAm
When I was ten years old, I was alive
    C majorC            D MajorD
And the Benedict Canyon down on Hutton Drive
   D MajorD            A minorAm
Well now I'm right back in my old backyard
    C majorC                D MajorD
And I'm tryin' to get a billboard on the boulevard
  C majorC                D MajorD
I'm tryin' to get a billboard on the boulevard

D MajorD (with hammer-on) A minorAm C majorC D MajorD
D (with hammer-on) A minorAm C majorC D MajorD

Verse:
    D MajorD                C majorC
Well I never thought I'd see the age of twenty-five
       C majorC              D MajorD
And it's been twenty-eight years now that I've been alive
     D MajorD             A minorAm
And in a matter of months I will be thirty years old
    C majorC              D MajorD
And the apprehension that I feel can hardly be told

D MajorD (with hammer-on)

D MajorD          C majorC
I am a full fledged, grown-up adult
  C majorC               D MajorD
I'm tryin' make a dent, tryin' to get a result
  D MajorD           A minorAm (hold)
I'm hold up in a Hollywood hotel suite
  C majorC          D MajorD
Tequila to drink and avocado to eat
  C majorC          D MajorD
Tequila to drink and avocado to eat

D MajorD (with hammer-on) A minorAm C majorC D MajorD