Intro: E5 E5 A5 E5 / E5 D5 (x2)

E5                  A5         E5
He was an accident waiting to happen
 E5             D5
Most accidents happen at home
 E5                      A5       E5 
Maybe he should've gone out more often
 E5                 D5 
Maybe he should've answered the phone 
 C5                       D5
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
        C5                       D5 
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet 
 C5                D5
Then he threw it all away
       E5                 A5 E5
For a porcelain monkey 

    C5                   D5
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
 C5                    D5
Gave it all up for a figurine
    C5                  D5 
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
         C5       D5 
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