Porcelain Monkey chords by Warren Zevon

Chords with lyrics

Submitted by Daniel Green

Intro: E minorEm Em A minorAm E minorEm / E minorEm D MajorD (x2)

E minorEm         A minorAm     E minorEm
He was an accident waiting to happen
 E minorEm       D MajorD
Most accidents happen at home
 E minorEm           A minorAm    E minorEm
Maybe he should've gone out more often
 E minorEm         D MajorD
Maybe he should've answered the phone
 C majorC            D MajorD
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
    C majorC            D MajorD
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
 C majorC        D MajorD
Then he threw it all away
    E minorEm         A minorAm E minorEm
For a porcelain monkey

  C majorC          D MajorD
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
 C majorC          D MajorD
Gave it all up for a figurine
  C majorC         D MajorD
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
     C majorC    D MajorD
And his face on velveteen

From a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns
Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room
He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand
It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom
Left behind by the latest trends
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends
That's how the story ends
With a porcelain monkey

(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Intro)

Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey

He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas