From the 1976 album "Warren Zevon"
(For the "Preludes" demo version, use a capo at the first fret.)

D (xx0232@1) D/F# (200232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1) Bm7 (x20202@1)A (x02220@1)A7 (x02020@1)DHow're (xx0232@1)you going to make your way in the world, woman
         G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)     DWhen (xx0232@1)you weren't cut out for working?
          G (320003@1)         D/F# (200232@1)      AWhen (x02220@1)your fingers are slender and frail?
G (320003@1)                     D/F#How're (200232@1)you going to get around
        G (320003@1)D/F# (200232@1)Em7   DIn (xx0232@1)this sleazy   bedroom town
       G (320003@1)           D/F# (200232@1)      Asus4 (x02230@1) AIf (x02220@1)you don't put yourself up for sale?

G (320003@1)                         F#m7 (131141@2)              DWhere (xx0232@1)will you go with your scarves and your miracles?
G (320003@1)         D/F# (200232@1)       AWho's (x02220@1)gonna know who you are?
G (320003@1)                D/F#Drugs (200232@1)and wine and flattering light
         G (320003@1)                   D/F#You (200232@1)must try it again till you get it right
G (320003@1)              D/F# (200232@1)          Em (022000@1)            Bm7 (x20202@1) F#m (244222@1)F#m7Maybe (131141@2)you'll end up with someone different every night

A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)            D/F# (200232@1)  G (320003@1)D/F#All (200232@1)these people with no home to go home to
       G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1)  A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)        EmThey'd (022000@1)all like to spend the night with you
               G (320003@1)  G (320003@1)E/G# (143121@4)AMaybe (x02220@1)I would, too

But tell me
DHow're (xx0232@1)you going to make your way in the world, woman
         G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)     DWhen (xx0232@1)you weren't cut out for working
        G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)Em (022000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D   AAnd (x02220@1)you just can't concentrate
        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)you always show up late

G (320003@1)              DYou (xx0232@1)said you were an actress
       G (320003@1)         DYes, (xx0232@1)I believe you are
G (320003@1)                  D/F#I (200232@1)thought you'd be a star
     D7 (xx0212@1)             GSo (320003@1)I drank up all the money,
       G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)      BmYes, (x24432@1)I drank up all the money,
           G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  GWith (320003@1)these phonies in this Hollywood bar,
      G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  GThese (320003@1)friends of mine in this Hollywood bar

Em (022000@1)           F#Loneliness (244322@1)and frustration
Bm (x24432@1)         A (x02220@1)           GWe (320003@1)both came down with an acute case
             D/F#And (200232@1)when the lights came up at two
  A (x02220@1)
I caught a glimpse of you
         Bm (x24432@1)        AAnd (x02220@1)your face looked like something
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)             GDeath (320003@1)brought with him in his suitcase
 
            DYour (xx0232@1)pretty face
             GIt (320003@1)looked so wasted
               DAnother (xx0232@1)pretty face
     GDevastated (320003@1)A (x02220@1)   F#m7 (131141@2)    D (xx0232@1) The French Inhaler
G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1) He stamped and mailed her
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)
"So long, Norman"
D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)    D (xx0232@1)Em7  A (x02220@1)Asus4 (x02230@1)A (x02220@1)  DShe (xx0232@1)said, "So long, Norman"



by jltc008