Jeffrey Lewis - Avenue a shanghai hollywood

^F#mOnce upon a time there was a ^Bmprincess man He ^Dhad the special powers of the ^F#mcheckout scan He could ^F#mprice out any product from the ^BmUPCs But he ^Dcouldn't see the forest for the ^F#msymmetries

A ^F#mperfect paranoia now en^Bmgulfs my pets That I'm ^Dusing them as simple social ^F#msafety nets I ^F#mwish this loneliness upon my^Bmself, I'm told Cause both ^Dpuppy chow and vengeance are a ^F#mdish served cold

^F#mMeeting with the neighbor traps you ^Din a chat The ^F#mdog is kind of bored until she ^Elays down flat I ^F#mjust walk out and wander like a ^Afloating ^Ebag And a ^Dcity dog can always get a hearty wag

So ^F#mface it, you can't win, who has to ^Bmtry this hard? I guess the ^Dace that's in my sleeve is just a ^F#mpity card But I ^F#mknow I rod e a camel from this^Bm camera shot And I ^Dmust've had some sexy times that ^F#mI forgot

I ^F#mwait to fall in love, I wait to ^Bmsee Brazil I ^Dwait to see if plants survive my ^F#mwindowsill I ^F#mwait to see the Northern lights I ^Bmalways missed Like ^Dchicken breast, it's piled in my ^F#mbucket list

But with ^F#mlaughter and with pain that's a ^Dbroken heart When ^F#mhappy ever after is the ^Eway it starts But ^F#mif there's potholes in the rock and ^Aroll I ^Etell At ^Dleast it's still a pothole on the road to hell

^F#mAvenue A was once en^Bmthused I guess In ^Dretrospect compared to all this ^F#mplywood mess Like a ^F#mdog sits in depression touching ^Bmchin to floor ^DNo one with a job has got the ^F#mdough no more

^F#mNow he's packing heat and gigging ^Bmin Shanghai And ^Dno one knows he's secretly a ^F#mfamous guy An ever^F#mlasting fire burns among the ^Bmcancer smoke Like a ^Djournalist still asking "what is ^F#mantifolk?"

^BmAnyone can catalogue the ^F#mreasons here ^BmAny rationale can be a ^F#mthing I think ^BmAny word of welcome can be ^F#msweet and clear With a ^Dhidden scammy virus in the ^C#mhyperlink

But ^F#mtell us little stories till we ^Bmfeel more good ^DTell us little stories just like ^F#mHollywood ^F#mTell us little stories so the ^Bmhours pass As we ^Drow to reach the island of the ^F#mmiddle class