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