Porcelain Monkey

Em Em Am Em / Em D (2x) Em Am Em He was an accident waiting to happen Em D Most accidents happen at home Em Am Em Maybe he should've gone out more often Em D Maybe he should've answered the phone C D Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame' C D That's how he earned his regal sobriquet C D Then he threw it all away Em Am Em For a porcelain monkey C D He threw it away for a porcelain monkey C D Gave it all up for a figurine C D He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas C D Em And his face on velveteen Em Am Em From a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns Em D Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room Em Am Em He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand Em D It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom C D Left behind by the latest trends C D Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends C D That's how the story ends D Em With a porcelain monkey C D He threw it away for a porcelain monkey C D Gave it all up for a figurine C D He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas C D Em And his face on velveteen Em Em Am Em / Em D (2x) C D Hip-shakin' shoutin' in golden lame' C D That's how he earned his regal sobriquet C D Then he threw it all away D Em For a porcelain monkey C D He threw it away for a porcelain monkey C D Gave it all up for a figurine C D He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas C D Em And his face on velveteen