Jeffrey Lewis – Avenue A Shanghai Hollywood chords

[Intro]
F#m D F#m E
F#m A E D

F#m Bm D F#m
F#m Bm D F#m


[Verse]
F#m                          BmOnce upon a time there was a princess man
   D                             F#mHe had the special powers of the checkout scan
         F#m                            BmHe could price out any product from the UPCs
       D                               F#mBut he couldn't see the forest for the symmetries

  F#m                    BmA perfect paranoia now engulfs my pets
         D                           F#mThat I'm using them as simple social safety nets
  F#m                         BmI wish this loneliness upon myself, I'm told
           D                              F#mCause both puppy chow and vengeance are a dish served cold


[Chorus]
F#m                                 DMeeting with the neighbor traps you in a chat
    F#m                            EThe dog is kind of bored until she lays down flat
  F#m                             A        EI just walk out and wander like a floating bag
      DAnd a city dog can always get a hearty wag


[Verse]
   F#m                                BmSo face it, you can't win, who has to try this hard?
            D                                 F#mI guess the ace that's in my sleeve is just a pity card
      F#m                           BmBut I know I rod e a camel from this camera shot
      D                                F#mAnd I must've had some sexy times that I forgot

  F#m                             BmI wait to fall in love, I wait to see Brazil
  D                                F#mI wait to see if plants survive my windowsill
  F#m                               BmI wait to see the Northern lights I always missed
     D                                F#mLike chicken breast, it's piled in my bucket list


[Chorus]
         F#m                             DBut with laughter and with pain that's a broken heart
     F#m                     EWhen happy ever after is the way it starts
    F#m                                 A      EBut if there's potholes in the rock and roll I tell
   DAt least it's still a pothole on the road to hell


[Verse]
F#m                 BmAvenue A was once enthused I guess
   D                               F#mIn retrospect compared to all this plywood mess
       F#m                             BmLike a dog sits in depression touching chin to floor
D                             F#mNo one with a job has got the dough no more

F#m                               BmNow he's packing heat and gigging in Shanghai
    D                            F#mAnd no one knows he's secretly a famous guy
       F#m                          BmAn everlasting fire burns among the cancer smoke
       D                                F#mLike a journalist still asking "what is antifolk?"


[Bridge]
Bm                       F#mAnyone can catalogue the reasons here
Bm                     F#mAny rationale can be a thing I think
Bm                         F#mAny word of welcome can be sweet and clear
       D                          C#mWith a hidden scammy virus in the hyperlink


[Verse]
    F#m                            BmBut tell us little stories till we feel more good
D                                F#mTell us little stories just like Hollywood
F#m                           BmTell us little stories so the hours pass
      D                              F#mAs we row to reach the island of the middle class