Genius

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 A# 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? A# 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 A# 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 A# Am the poet who lived next door when you were young and poor Dm Am grew up to be a backstabbing entrepreneur Chorus F C albert einstein was a ladies’ man Dm C while he was working on his universal plan A# 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 A# 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 A# 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 A# 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 A# A if i could only get my record clean Dm i’d be a genius