My Baby Loves A Bunch Of Authors Chords

"My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors" (MF)
 From "Bargainville"(1994)
 
Use a capo on the 4th Fret.
 
[Intro]
 
C/G
 
[Verse]
 
                 C                    F
Well you should see my story-readin' baby,
            G                    C
you should hear things that she says.
           C                         F
She says "Hon, drop dead, I'd rather go to bed
      G                 C
with Gabriel Garcia Marquez".
 
[Verse]
 
 C                         F
Cuddle up with William S. Burroughs,
  G                          C
leave on the light for bell hooks,
C                     F
I been flirtin' with Pierre Burton,
       G                    C
'cause he's so smart in his books,
 
[Chorus]
 
F                 C
I like to go out dancing,
    F                     C
My baby loves a bunch of authors,
    F                     C
My heart's so broke and bleeding,
 G
Baby's just sittin' there...doing some reading.
 
C/G
 
[Verse]
 
       C                   F
So I started watching some TV, 
           G             C
played my new CD player too. 
           C                   F
She said "Turn it off or I'll call the cops, 
            G               C
and I'll throw the book at you". 
 
[Verse]
 
           C                  F
All this arguing made me get dizzy, 
           G                     C
called my doctor to came have a look.
         C                        F
I said "Doctor, hurry!",he said "Don't worry,
        G                      C
I'll be over when I finish my book".
 
[Chorus]
 
F                 C
I like to go out dancing,
    F                     C
My baby loves a bunch of authors.
 F                    C
We've been livin' in hovels,
  G
Spendin' all our money on brand new novels.
 
[Verse]
 
      C                   F
So I got myself on the streetcar, 
         G                  C
and it drove right into someone.
      C                  F
The driver said "I was looking straight ahead!"
            G                   C
but he was reading the Toronto Sun.
 
[Verse]
 
       C                    F
So my honey and me go to a counsellor,
    G                       C
to help figure out what we need. 
                  C                          F
She said: "We'll get your love growin', but before we get goin' 
             G                     C
here's some books I'd like you to read". 
 
[Chorus]
 
F                 C
I like to go out dancing,
    F                     C
My baby loves a bunch of authors.
 F                      C
Lately we've had some friction...
  G
'Cos my baby's hooked on short works of fiction.
 
[Verse]
 
       C                   F
So we split and went to a party, 
       G                       C
some friends my girl said she knew.
      C                       F
But what a sight,'cause it's author's night,
          G                       C
and the place looks like a who's who...
 
[Verse]
 
         C                      F
Now I'm poundin' the Ouzo with Mario Puzo.
  G                     C
Who's a funny fella?  W.P. Kinsella.
 C                          F
Who brought the cat? would Margaret Atwood? 
 G                        C
Who needs a shave?  he's Robertson Davies!
 
[Verse]
 
   C                F
Ondaatje started a food fight,
        G                    C
salmon mousse all over the scene.
  C                       F
Spilled some dressing on Doris Lessing,
        G                   C
these writer types are a scream.
 
[Chorus]
 
F                 C
I like to go out dancing,
    F                     C
My baby loves a bunch of authors.
F                      C
We'll be together for ages,
 G
Eating and sleeping and (eating and sleeping and)
 G                         C
Eating unt sleeping unt...Turning Pages.
 C6
Yeaaah.
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