Elliott Smith - New monkey

^Chere come the ^C/Bsidewalk boss^C/A# again telling me how i can't cave ^Fin but i'm a study in ^Cblack need a pat on the ^Dback i looked up and ^Fsmile a picture of ^G#dissatisfaction ^Cand he can only ^Gsee as a ^Fjunky ^G#though i might be ^Cstraight ^Gas an ^Farrow he's ^Cbusy shaking ^Ghands with my ^Fmonkey ^Cbusy shaking ^Ghands with my ^Fmonkey

^Ci go in my ^C/Bcar straight to the^C/A# bar where my sweety pours the ^Fbeer for the millions of ^Cfans ignoring the ^Dbands he's in my ^Fear wants me to ^G#live in denial ^Csays you gotta ^Gsettle for ^Fsomething ^G#though it might not ^Cbe re^Gally ^Fliving ^Canything is ^Gbetter than ^Fnothing (x2)

^G#no actor ^Fmaction man gonna ^C#move in and take my ^Fmplace i'll be ^G#pumping out the ^Fmproduct just a ^C#total ^Cwaste

^Clook at your ^C/Bhands unocc^C/A#upied look at the lengths you'll go to ^Fhide your under the ^Cveil pretending to ^Dbail you gotta ^Fwhole lot of empty ^G#time left to go ^Cnow you've gotta ^Gfill it with ^Fsomething ^G#i know what you could ^Cdo - d^Gon't you ^Fknow ^Canything is ^Gbetter than ^Fnothing

^G#no actor ^Fmaction man gonna ^C#move in and take my ^Fmplace i'll be ^G#pumping out the ^Fmproduct just a ^C#total ^Cwaste

^Ci'm here with my ^C/Bcup, afraid to look^C/A# up this is how i spend my ^Ftime lazing a^Cround head hanging ^Ddown stuck ^Finside my im^G#agination ^Cbusy making ^Gsomething from ^Fnothing ^G#pictures of ^Chope a^Gnd d^Fepression ^Canything is ^Gbetter than ^Fnothing (x4)