Gorilla, You´re A Desperado

	  		Gorilla, You´re A Desperado     Warren Zevon  

(A)  (D)  (A)  (E)  (A)  (D)  (A)    (hold)  

(A) Big gorilla at the (D)L.A. Zoo 

(A) Snatched the glasses right (E)off my face, 

(A) Took the keys to my BM(D)W, 

(A) Left me here to (E)take his (A)place.  

I wish the ape a (D)lot of success, 

(A) I'm sorry my a(E)partment's a mess. 

Most of (A)all, I'm sorry if I (D)made you blue, 

(A) I'm betting the gorilla will, too.  

They say Jesus will find you wher(D)ever you go, 

But (A)when He'll come looking for you, (E)they don't (A)know. 

In the meantime, keep your (D)profile low. 

Go(A)rilla, you're a despe(E)ra(A)do.  

(F#m)He built a house on an (E)acre of land, 

(D) He called it Villa Go(A)rilla. 

(F#m) Now I hear he's (E)getting divorced, 

(D) Laying low at L'Ermitage, of course. 

(A)  (D)  (A)  (E)  (A)  (D)  (A)    (hold)  

(F#m) Then the ape grew (E)very depressed, 

(D) Went through transactional a(A)nalysis 

(F#m) He plays racquetball and (E)runs in the rain, 

(D)Still he's shackled to a platinum chain.  

(A) Big gorilla at the (D)L.A. Zoo 

(A) Snatched the glasses right (E)off my face 

(A) Took the keys to my BM(D)W, 

(A) Left me here to (E)take his (A)place. 

    (D)  (A)  (E)  (A)  (D)  (A) 

    (D)  (A)  (E)  (A)  

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