The French Inhaler
Warren ZevonVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
How're you going to make your way in the world, woman
When you weren't cut out for working?
When your fingers are slender and frail?
How're you going to get around
In this sleazy bedroom town
If you don't put yourself up for sale?
Where will you go with your scarves and your miracles?
Who's gonna know who you are?
Drugs and wine and flattering light
You must try it again till you get it right
Maybe you'll end up with someone different every night
All these people with no home to go home to
They'd all like to spend the night with you
Maybe I would, too
But tell me
How're you going to make your way in the world, woman
When you weren't cut out for working
And you just can't concentrate
And you always show up late
You said you were an actress
Yes, I believe you are
I thought you'd be a star
So I drank up all the money,
Yes, I drank up all the money,
With these phonies in this Hollywood bar,
These friends of mine in this Hollywood bar
Loneliness and frustration
We both came down with an acute case
And when the lights came up at two
I caught a glimpse of you
And your face looked like something
Death brought with him in his suitcase
Your pretty face
It looked so wasted
Another pretty face
Devastated
The French Inhaler
He stamped and mailed her
"So long, Norman"
She said, "So long, Norman"
by jltc008
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Readable chord sheet for The French Inhaler by Warren Zevon
[D] [D/F#] [D] [D] [A] [D] [Bm7] [A] [A7] [D]How're you going to make your way in the world, woman When you [G]weren't cut [A]out for [D]working? When your [G]fingers are [D/F#]slender and [A]frail? [G]How're you going to get [D/F#]around In this [G]sle[D/F#]azy [Em7]bedroo[D]m town If you [G]don't put your[D/F#]self up for [Asus4]sale? [A] [G]Where will you go with your [F#m7]scarves and your mir[D]acles? [G]Who's gonna [D/F#]know who you [A]are? [G]Drugs and wine and [D/F#]flattering light You must [G]try it again till you [D/F#]get it right [G]Maybe you'll end [D/F#]up with someone [Em]different every [Bm7]night [F#m] [F#m7] [A]All these [G]people with no [D/F#]home to [G]go [D/F#]home to They'd [G]all [D/F#]like to [A]spend the [D]night with [Em]you Maybe I would, [G]too [G] [E/G#] [A] But tell me [D]How're you going to make your way in the world, woman When you [G]weren't cut [A]out for [D]working And you [G]just [D/F#]can't [Em]con[D]cent[A]rate And you [G]alw[D]ays [A]show [D]up l[G]ate You [G]said you were an [D]actress Yes, I [G]believe you [D]are [G]I thought you'd be a [D/F#]star So I [D7]drank up all the [G]money, Yes, I [G]drank up all the [D]money, [Bm] With these [G]phonies [D]in this [A]Holly[D]wood [G]bar, These [G]friends of [D]mine in this [A]Holly[D]wood [G]bar [Em]Loneliness and [F#]frustration [Bm]We both came [A]down with an a[G]cute case And when the [D/F#]lights came up at two I [A]caught a glimpse of you And your [Bm]face looked [A]like something [G]Death brought [D]with him in his [G]suitcase Your pretty [D]face It looked so [G]wasted Another pretty [D]face Devas[G]tated [A] The [F#m7]French Inh[D]aler [G] He stamped and [D]mailed her [G]"So [D]long, [A]Norm[D]an" [D]She said, "[G]So [D]long, [A]Nor[D]man" [D] [Em7] [A] [Asus4] [A] [D] by jltc008