Warren Zevon - The French Inhaler

from the 1976 album “warren zevon”
( for the “preludes” demo version , use a capo at the first fret . )

D D/F# D D A D Bm7 A A7

D
how’re you going to make your way in the world , woman
G A D
when you weren’t cut out for working?
G D/F# A
when your fingers are slender and frail?
G D/F#
how’re you going to get around
G D/F# Em7 D
in this sleazy bedroom town
G D/F# Asus4 A
if you don’t put yourself up for sale?

G F#m7 D
where will you go with your scarves and your miracles?
G D/F# A
who’s gonna know who you are?
G D/F#
drugs and wine and flattering light
G D/F#
you must try it again till you get it right
G D/F# Em Bm7 F#m F#m7
maybe you’ll end up with someone different every night

A G D/F# G D/F#
all these people with no home to go home to
G D/F# A D Em
they’d all like to spend the night with you
G G E/G# A
maybe i would , too

but tell me
D
how’re you going to make your way in the world , woman
G A D
when you weren’t cut out for working
G D/F# Em D A
and you just can’t concentrate
G D A D G
and you always show up late

G D
you said you were an actress
G D
yes , i believe you are
G D/F#
i thought you’d be a star
D7 G
so i drank up all the money ,
G D Bm
yes , i drank up all the money ,
G D A D G
with these phonies in this hollywood bar ,
G D A D G
these friends of mine in this hollywood bar

Em F#
loneliness and frustration
Bm A G
we both came down with an acute case
D/F#
and when the lights came up at two
A
i caught a glimpse of you
Bm A
and your face looked like something
G D G
death brought with him in his suitcase

D
your pretty face
G
it looked so wasted
D
another pretty face
G
devastated
A F#m7 D
the french inhaler
G D
he stamped and mailed her
G D A D
“so long , norman”
D G D A D D Em7 A Asus4 A D
she said , “so long , norman”

by jltc008