Porcelain Monkey (Warren Zevon)
Submitted by Daniel Green

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

Em (022000@1)                Am (x02210@1)       EmHe (022000@1)was an accident waiting to happen
 Em (022000@1)           DMost (xx0232@1)accidents happen at home
 Em (022000@1)                    Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)Maybe he should've gone out more often
 Em (022000@1)               D (xx0232@1)Maybe he should've answered the phone 
 C (x32010@1)                     DHip-shakin' (xx0232@1)shoutin' in gold lame'
        C (x32010@1)                     D (xx0232@1)That's how he earned his regal sobriquet 
 C (x32010@1)              DThen (xx0232@1)he threw it all away
       Em (022000@1)               AmEm
For a porcelain monkey

C (x32010@1)                 DHe (xx0232@1)threw it away for a porcelain monkey
 C (x32010@1)                  DGave (xx0232@1)it all up for a figurine
    C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
         C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)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 
And his face on velveteen