The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

A9/E A+9/E Em Am9/E E7 Em7 A9/E Am7/E B/E Em Am9/E E7 Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade Em7 A9/E She worked the night shift Am7/E B/E Dishwater blonde, tall and fine Em She got a lot of tips Am9/E E7 Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violent room Em7 A9/E Fightin' with lover's past Am7/E B/E I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine Em Dorothy was fast Am9/E E7 Well, I ordered - "Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't to hungry" Em7 A9/E Dorothy laughed Am7/E She said - "It sound like a real man tome (you're kinda cute) B/E Em You're kinda cute, you wanna take a bath?" (Do you wanna, do you wanna?) ... Bath? Am9/E E7 Oh, I said - "Cool, but I'm leavin' my pants on (What you say?) Em7 A9/E Cuz I'm kinda goin' with someone" Am7/E B/E She said - "Sound like a real man to me Em Mind if I turn on the radio?" G G7 G "Oh, my favorite song," she said G7 G Am G G7 G And it was Joni singing, "Help me, I think I'm falling" G7 G (Drring) The phone rang and she said G7 G G6 G G7 G G6 "Whoev er's calling can't be as cute as you" Em Right then and there I knew I was through (Dorothy Parker was cool) A9/E Am9/E Em My pants were wet, they came off But she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first Esus4 E/F Em E/F Em E/F E7sus4 Am9/E E7 Instead she pretended she was blind Em7 A9/E An affliction brought on by a witch's curse Am7/E Dorothy made me laugh (ha ha, ha ha) B/E Em I felt much better so I went back to the violent room (Tell us what you did, what you did) Let me tell you what I did G G7 G Gsus4 G G7 G Gsus4 I took another bubble bath with my pants on G G7 G Gsus4 All the fighting stopped G G7 G Am7 Am11 Am7 Am11 Next time I'll do it sooner Am7 Am11 Am9b5 Am9 This is the bal lad of Dorothy Parker Am9/E E7 Em7 A9/E Am7/E B/E Em 2x Em