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	D	D/C#	D/C
	here come the	sidewalk boss	again

	G
telling me how i can't cave	in

	D
but i'm a study in	black

	E
need a pat on the	back

	G
i looked up and	smile

	Bb
a picture of	dissatisfaction

	D	A	G
	and he can only	see as a	junky

	Bb	D	A	G
	though i might be	straight	as an	arrow

	D	A	G
he's	busy shaking	hands with my	monkey

	D	A	G
	busy shaking	hands with my	monkey

	D	D/C#	D/C
	i go in my	car straight to the	bar

	G
where my sweety pours the	beer

	D
for the millions of	fans

	E
ignoring the	bands

	G
he's in my	ear

	Bb
wants me to	live in denial

	D	A	G
	says you gotta	settle for	something

	Bb	D	A	G
	though it might not	be re	ally	living

	D	A	G
	anything is	better than	nothing (x2)

	Bb	Gm	Eb	Gm
	no actor	action man gonna	move in and take my	place

	Bb	Gm
i'll be	pumping out the	product

	Eb	D
just a	total	waste

	D	D/C#	D/C
	look at your	hands unoccu	pied

	G
look at the lengths you'll go to	hide

	D
your under the	veil

	E
pretending to	bail

	G
you gotta	whole

	Bb
lot of empty	time left to go

	D	A	G
	now you've gotta	fill it with	something

	Bb	D	A	G
	i know what you could	do - d	on't you	know

	D	A	G
	anything is	better than	nothing

	Bb	Gm	Eb	Gm
	no actor	action man gonna	move in and take my	place

	Bb	Gm
i'll be	pumping out the	product

	Eb	D
just a	total	waste

	D	D/C#	D/C
	i'm here with my	cup, afraid to look	up

	G
this is how i spend my	time

	D
lazing a	round

	E
head hanging	down

	G	Bb
stuck	inside my im	agination

	D	A	G
	busy making	something from	nothing

	Bb	D	A	G
	pictures of	hope a	nd d	epression

	D	A	G
	anything is	better than	nothing (x4)

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New Monkey

Elliott Smith

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