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