Genius chords by Warren Zevon

Chords with lyrics

Genius - Warren Zevon

Chorded by Egg Flipper

Standard Tuning

V1:
DmDm            C majorC
I've got a bitter pot of je ne sais quoi
DmDm                 C majorC
Guess what? I'm stirring it with a monkey's paw
Bb majorBb              A augmentedA
Since I saw you coming out of my barber's shop
DmDm          A minorAm
In that skimpy little halter top

V2:
DmDm                     C majorC
Did you light the candles? Did you put on "Kind of Blue"?
DmDm             C majorC
Did you use that Ivy League voodoo on him, too?
Bb majorBb                A augmentedA
He thinks he'll be alright but he doesn't know for sure
DmDm             A minorAm
Like every other unindicted co-conspirator

Chorus
FF        C majorC
Mata Hari had a house in France
DmDm             C majorC
Where she worked on all her secret plans
Bb majorBb            A augmentedA
Men were falling for her sight unseen
     DmDm    A minorAm
She was a genius

V3:
DmDm                   C majorC
There's a a face in every window of the Songwriters' Neighborhood
DmDm                       C majorC
Everybody's your best friend when you're doing well, I mean good
Bb majorBb                A minorAm
The poet who lived next door when you were young and poor
DmDm              A minorAm
Grew up to be a backstabbing entrepreneur

Chorus
FF           C majorC
Albert Einstein was a ladies' man
DmDm             C majorC
While he was working on his universal plan
Bb majorBb           A augmentedA
He was making out like Charlie Sheen
     DmDm      A minorAm
He was a genius

V4:
DmDm             C majorC
When you dropped me and you staked your claim
DmDm          C majorC
On a V.I.P. who could make your name
Bb majorBb            A augmentedA
You latched on to him and I became
        DmDm     A minorAm
A augmentedA minor incon-venience

V5:
DmDm         C majorC
Your protege don't care about art
DmDm           C majorC
I'm the one who always told you you were smart
Bb majorBb           A augmentedA
You broke my heart into smithereens
       DmDm     A minorAm
And that took genius

V6:
DmDm            C majorC
You and the barber make a handsome pair
DmDm                  C majorC
Guess what? I never liked the way he cut your hair
Bb majorBb            A augmentedA
I didn't like the way he turned your head
      DmDm            A minorAm
But there's nothing I can do or say I haven't done or said

Chorus
FF         C majorC
Everybody needs a place to stand
DmDm           C majorC
And a method for their schemes and scams
Bb majorBb           A augmentedA
If I could only get my record clean
     DmDm