Chorded by Egg Flipper Standard Tuning V1: D5 C5 I've got a bitter pot of je ne sais quoi D5 C5 Guess what? I'm stirring it with a monkey's paw Bb5 A5 Since I saw you coming out of my barber's shop D5 A5 In that skimpy little halter top V2: D5 C5 Did you light the candles? Did you put on "Kind of Blue"? D5 C5 Did you use that Ivy League voodoo on him , too? Bb5 A5 He thinks he'll be alright but he doesn't know for sure D5 A5 Like every other unindicted co-conspirator Chorus F5 C5 Mata Hari had a house in France D5 C5 Where she worked on all her secret plans Bb5 A5 Men were falling for her sight unseen D5 A5 She was a genius V3: D5 C5 There's a a face in every window of the Songwriters' Neighborhood D5 C5 Everybody's your best friend when you're doing well, I mean good Bb5 A5 The poet who lived next door when you were young and poor D5 A5 Grew up to be a backstabbing entrepreneur Chorus F5 C5 Albert Einstein was a ladies' man D5 C5 While he was working on his universal plan Bb5 A5 He was making out like Charlie Sheen D5 A5 He was a genius V4: D5 C5 When you dropped me and you staked your claim D5 C5 On a V.I.P. who could make your name Bb5 A5 You latched on to him and I became D5 A5 A minor incon-venience V5: D5 C5 Your protege don't care about art D5 C5 I'm the one who always told you you were smart Bb5 A5 You broke my heart into smithereens D5 A5 And that took genius V6: D5 C5 You and the barber make a handsome pair D5 C5 Guess what? I never liked the way he cut your hair Bb5 A5 I didn't like the way he turned your head D5 A5 But there's nothing I can do or say I haven't done or said Chorus F5 C5 Everybody needs a place to stand D5 C5 And a method for their schemes and scams Bb5 A5 If I could only get my record clean D5 I'd be a genius
