New Monkey
Elliott SmithVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
here come the sidewalk boss again
telling me how i can't cave in
but i'm a study in black
need a pat on the back
i looked up and smile
a picture of dissatisfaction
and he can only see as a junky
though i might be straight as an arrow
he's busy shaking hands with my monkey
busy shaking hands with my monkey
i go in my car straight to the bar
where my sweety pours the beer
for the millions of fans
ignoring the bands
he's in my ear
wants me to live in denial
says you gotta settle for something
though it might not be really living
anything is better than nothing (x2)
no actor action man gonna move in and take my place
i'll be pumping out the product
just a total waste
look at your hands unoccupied
look at the lengths you'll go to hide
your under the veil
pretending to bail
you gotta whole
lot of empty time left to go
now you've gotta fill it with something
i know what you could do - don't you know
anything is better than nothing
no actor action man gonna move in and take my place
i'll be pumping out the product
just a total waste
i'm here with my cup, afraid to look up
this is how i spend my time
lazing around
head hanging down
stuck inside my imagination
busy making something from nothing
pictures of hope and depression
anything is better than nothing (x4)
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Readable chord sheet for New Monkey by Elliott Smith
[D]here come the [D/C#]sidewalk boss [D/C]again telling me how i can't cave [G]in but i'm a study in [D]black need a pat on the [E]back i looked up and [G]smile a picture of [Bb]dissatisfaction [D]and he can only [A]see as a [G]junky [Bb]though i might be [D]straight [A]as an [G]arrow he's [D]busy shaking [A]hands with my [G]monkey [D]busy shaking [A]hands with my [G]monkey [D]i go in my [D/C#]car straight to the [D/C]bar where my sweety pours the [G]beer for the millions of [D]fans ignoring the [E]bands he's in my [G]ear wants me to [Bb]live in denial [D]says you gotta [A]settle for [G]something [Bb]though it might not [D]be re[A]ally [G]living [D]anything is [A]better than [G]nothing (x2) [Bb]no actor [Gm]action man gonna [Eb]move in and take my [Gm]place i'll be [Bb]pumping out the [Gm]product just a [Eb]total [D]waste [D]look at your [D/C#]hands unoccu[D/C]pied look at the lengths you'll go to [G]hide your under the [D]veil pretending to [E]bail you gotta [G]whole lot of empty [Bb]time left to go [D]now you've gotta [A]fill it with [G]something [Bb]i know what you could [D]do - d[A]on't you [G]know [D]anything is [A]better than [G]nothing [Bb]no actor [Gm]action man gonna [Eb]move in and take my [Gm]place i'll be [Bb]pumping out the [Gm]product just a [Eb]total [D]waste [D]i'm here with my [D/C#]cup, afraid to look [D/C]up this is how i spend my [G]time lazing a[D]round head hanging [E]down stuck [G]inside my im[Bb]agination [D]busy making [A]something from [G]nothing [Bb]pictures of [D]hope a[A]nd d[G]epression [D]anything is [A]better than [G]nothing (x4)