Porcelain Monkey chords by Warren Zevon

Submitted by Daniel Green

Intro: Em Em Am Em / Em D (x2)

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

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