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Version 1
Splendid Isolation - Warren Zevon
Words and chords typed by Ken Key ()
The basic picking shape is 6-5-3-4, modified for the various
chords.
[Verse 1]
Em C G D
I wanna live all alone in the desert
Em C G D
I wanna be like Georgia O'Keefe
Em C G D
I wanna live on the Upper East Side
Em C G D
And never go down in the street
[Chorus]
Em G
Splendid Isolation
D Em
I don't need no one
Em G D Dsus D
Splendid Isolation
[Verse 2]
Em C G D
Micheal Jackson in Disneyland
Em C G D
Don't have to share it with nobody else
Em C G D
Lock the gates, Goofy take my hand
Em C G D
And lead me through the world of Self
[Chorus]
Em G
Splendid Isolation
D Em
I don't need no one
Em G D Dsus D
Splendid Isolation
[Bridge]
C D Em
Don't want to wake up with no one beside me
C D Em
Don't want to take up with nobody new
C D Em
Don't want nobody coming by without calling first
C D C D
Don't want nothin' to do with you
SOLO over 8 bars of Verse
[Verse 3]
Em C G D
I'm putting tin-foil up on the windows
Em C G D
I'm laying down in the dark to dream
Em C G D
I don't want to see their faces
Em C G D
I don't want to hear them scream
[Chorus] 2x
Em G
Splendid Isolation
D Em
I don't need no one
Em G D Dsus D
Splendid Isolation
SOLO over 20 bars of Verse and FADE OUT