• Song:

    Splendid Isolation

  • Artist:

    Warren Zevon

  • Album:

    I'll Sleep When I'm Dea...

Warren Zevon - Splendid Isolation

Chorded By: Egg Flipper (2014)

Standard Tuning

Intro:
Em        C        G        D    {x4}

Verse 1:
Em      C        G            D
I wanna live all alone in the desert
Em      C       G         D
I wanna be like Georgia O'Keefe
Em      C           G          D
I wanna live on the Upper East Side and
Em       C           G         D
never go down to the street


Chorus:
Em         D  G
Splendid I-so-lation.
D               Em
I don't need no one
Em         D  G  D
Splendid I-so-la-tion.

Em        C        G        D    {x2}

Verse 2:
Em      C          G     D
Micheal Jackson in Disneyland
Em            C             G      D
Don't need to share it with nobody else
Em       C            G       D
Lock the gates, Goofy take my hand
Em            C       G        D
And lead me into this world of Self

Chorus:
Em         D  G
Splendid I-so-lation.
D               Em
I don't need no one
Em         D  G  D
Splendid I-so-la-tion.

Bridge:
C             D               Em
Don't want to wake up with no one beside me
C             D            Em
Don't want to take up with no body new
C             D           Em
Don't want no body coming by without calling first
C          D          C  D     Em
Don't want nothin' to do with you

Solo:
Em        C        G        D    {x8}

Verse 3:
Em          C        G         D
I'm putting tin-foil up on the windows
Em         C           G       D
I'm laying down in the dark to dream
Em      C       G         D
I don't want to see their faces
Em      C       G          D
I don't want to hear their screams

Chorus: {x2}
Em         D  G
Splendid I-so-lation.
D               Em
I don't need no one
Em         D  G  D
Splendid I-so-la-tion.

Outro:
Em        C        G        D    {x8}
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