Intro: Em Em Am Em / Em D (x2)
Em Am Em
He was an accident waiting to happen
Em D
Most accidents happen at home
Em Am Em
Maybe he should've gone out more often
Em D
Maybe he should've answered the phone
C D
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
C D
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
C D
Then he threw it all away
Em Am Em
For a porcelain monkey
C D
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
C D
Gave it all up for a figurine
C D
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
C D
And his face on velveteen
From a shotgun shack singing Pentecostal hymns
Through the wrought iron gates to the TV room
He had a little world, it was smaller than your hand
It's a rockabilly ride from the glitter to the gloom
Left behind by the latest trends
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends
That's how the story ends
With a porcelain monkey
(Repeat Chorus)
(Repeat Intro)
Hip-shakin' shoutin' in gold lame'
That's how he earned his regal sobriquet
Then he threw it all away
For a porcelain monkey
He threw it away for a porcelain monkey
Gave it all up for a figurine
He traded it in for a night in Las Vegas
And his face on velveteen
