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Avenue A Shanghai Hollywood by Jeffrey Lewis
Avenue A Shanghai Hollywood
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F#m
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
F#m D F#m E
F#m A E D
F#m Bm D F#m
F#m Bm D F#m
[Verse]
F#m Bm
Once upon a time there was a princess man
D F#m
He had the special powers of the checkout scan
F#m Bm
He could price out any product from the UPCs
D F#m
But he couldn't see the forest for the symmetries
F#m Bm
A perfect paranoia now engulfs my pets
D F#m
That I'm using them as simple social safety nets
F#m Bm
I wish this loneliness upon myself, I'm told
D F#m
Cause both puppy chow and vengeance are a dish served cold
[Chorus]
F#m D
Meeting with the neighbor traps you in a chat
F#m E
The dog is kind of bored until she lays down flat
F#m A E
I just walk out and wander like a floating bag
D
And a city dog can always get a hearty wag
[Verse]
F#m Bm
So face it, you can't win, who has to try this hard?
D F#m
I guess the ace that's in my sleeve is just a pity card
F#m Bm
But I know I rod e a camel from this camera shot
D F#m
And I must've had some sexy times that I forgot
F#m Bm
I wait to fall in love, I wait to see Brazil
D F#m
I wait to see if plants survive my windowsill
F#m Bm
I wait to see the Northern lights I always missed
D F#m
Like chicken breast, it's piled in my bucket list
[Chorus]
F#m D
But with laughter and with pain that's a broken heart
F#m E
When happy ever after is the way it starts
F#m A E
But if there's potholes in the rock and roll I tell
D
At least it's still a pothole on the road to hell
[Verse]
F#m Bm
Avenue A was once enthused I guess
D F#m
In retrospect compared to all this plywood mess
F#m Bm
Like a dog sits in depression touching chin to floor
D F#m
No one with a job has got the dough no more
F#m Bm
Now he's packing heat and gigging in Shanghai
D F#m
And no one knows he's secretly a famous guy
F#m Bm
An everlasting fire burns among the cancer smoke
D F#m
Like a journalist still asking "what is antifolk?"
[Bridge]
Bm F#m
Anyone can catalogue the reasons here
Bm F#m
Any rationale can be a thing I think
Bm F#m
Any word of welcome can be sweet and clear
D C#m
With a hidden scammy virus in the hyperlink
[Verse]
F#m Bm
But tell us little stories till we feel more good
D F#m
Tell us little stories just like Hollywood
F#m Bm
Tell us little stories so the hours pass
D F#m
As we row to reach the island of the middle class
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