Biography:
Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 - September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his unique and sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.
Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known musicians, including Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. His best-known compositions include "Werewolves of London"
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Other songs:
- Excitable Boy
- Frank And Jesse James
- Mohammeds Radio
- My Shit's Fucked Up
- Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
- Werewolves Of London
- Accidentally Like A Martyr
- And If I Had You
- Back In The High Life Again
- Back Turned Looking Down The Path
- Backs Turned Looking Down The Path
- Basket Case
- Boom Boom Mancini
- Carmelita
- Desperados Under The Eaves
- Dirty Life And Times
- Dirty Little Religion
- Disorder In The House
- Dont Let Us Get Sick
- El Amor De Mi Vida
- Empty Hearted Town
- Envoy
- Factory
- Fistful Of Rain
- For My Next Trick Ill Need A Volunteer
- Frozen Notes
- Genius
- Hasten Down The Wind
- Hit Somebody
- Hit Somebody The Hockey Song
- Hostage
- I See The Lights
- I Was In The House When The House Burned Down
- Ill Go On
- Indifference Of Heaven
- Jeannie Needs A Shooter
- Jesus Mentioned
- Johnny Strikes Up The Band
- Keep Me In Your Heart
- Keep Me In Your Heart For A While
- Knocking On Heavens Door
- Lawyers Guns And Money
- Lifell Kill You
- Like The Seasons
- Looking For The Next Best Thing
- Lord Byrons Luggage
- Macgillyduddys Reeks
- Mama Couldnt Be Persuaded
- Mr Bad Example
- Mutineer
- My Rides Here
- My Shits Fucked Up
- Networking
- Never Too Late For Love
- Numb As A Statue
- Ourselves To Know
- Outside Chance
- Piano Fighter
- Play It All Night Long
- Please Stay
- Poor Poor Pitiful Me
- Porcelain Monkey
- Prison Grove
- Real Or Not
- Reconsider Me
- Renegade
- Roland The Headless
- Roll With The Punches
- Rosarita Beach Cafe
- Searching For A Heart
- Sentimental Hygiene
- Shes Too Good For Me
- Splendid Isolation
- Steady Rain
- Studebaker
- Suzie Lightning
- Tenderness On The Block
- The French Inhaler
- The Heartache
- The Hula Hula Boys
- Things To Do In Denver When Youre Dead
- Tules Blues
- Veracruz
- Warewolves Of London
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From: TRANSCONTINENTAL HOBBYHORSE
Mr. Bad Example
by Warren Zevon
as it appears on the album "Learning to Flinch"
Faithfully transcribed by Jeremy Sarna
E B7
I started as an altar boy working in the church
B7 E
Learning all my holy moves and doing some research
E A7
Which led me to a cash box labelled "Children's Fund"
A7 E B7 E
I left the coins and tucked the bills inside my cummerbund
I got a part time job at my father's carpet store
Laying tackless stripping and housewives by the score
I loaded up their furniture and took it to Spokane
and auctioned off every last Naugahyde divan
I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins
I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in
I'm proud to be a glutton and I don't have time for sloth
I'm greedy and I'm angry and I don't care who I cross
CHORUS:
A7 E B7 E
I'm Mr. Bad Example, intruder in the dirt
A7 E B7 E
I like to have a good time and I don't care who gets hurt
A7 E B7 E
I'm Mr. Bad Example, take a look at me
A7 E B7 E
I'll live to be a hundred and go down in infamy
Of course I went to law school, took a law degree
Counselled all my clients to plead insanity
Then worked in hair replacement swindling the bald
Where very few are chosen and fewer still are called
Then on to Monte Carlo to play chemin de faire
I threw away the fortune I made transplanting hair
I put my last few francs down on a prostitute
Who took me up to her room to perform the flag salute
Whereupon I stole her passport and her wig
Headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig?
Fourteen hours later I was down in Adelaide
Flipping through the want ads sipping Fosters in the shade
I opened up an agency somewhere down the line
To hire aboriginals to work the opal mines
But I attached their wages and took a whopping cut
Whisked away their workman's comp and pauperized the lot
CHORUS
I bought a first class ticket on Malaysian Air
Landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wear
I'm thinking of retiring from all my dirty deals
And I'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals!
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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From: TRANSCONTINENTAL HOBBYHORSE
Mr. Bad Example
by Warren Zevon
as it appears on the album "Learning to Flinch"
Faithfully transcribed by Jeremy Sarna
E B7
I started as an altar boy working in the church
B7 E
Learning all my holy moves and doing some research
E A7
Which led me to a cash box labelled "Children's Fund"
A7 E B7 E
I left the coins and tucked the bills inside my cummerbund
I got a part time job at my father's carpet store
Laying tackless stripping and housewives by the score
I loaded up their furniture and took it to Spokane
and auctioned off every last Naugahyde divan
I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins
I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in
I'm proud to be a glutton and I don't have time for sloth
I'm greedy and I'm angry and I don't care who I cross
CHORUS:
A7 E B7 E
I'm Mr. Bad Example, intruder in the dirt
A7 E B7 E
I like to have a good time and I don't care who gets hurt
A7 E B7 E
I'm Mr. Bad Example, take a look at me
A7 E B7 E
I'll live to be a hundred and go down in infamy
Of course I went to law school, took a law degree
Counselled all my clients to plead insanity
Then worked in hair replacement swindling the bald
Where very few are chosen and fewer still are called
Then on to Monte Carlo to play chemin de faire
I threw away the fortune I made transplanting hair
I put my last few francs down on a prostitute
Who took me up to her room to perform the flag salute
Whereupon I stole her passport and her wig
Headed for the airport and the midnight flight, you dig?
Fourteen hours later I was down in Adelaide
Flipping through the want ads sipping Fosters in the shade
I opened up an agency somewhere down the line
To hire aboriginals to work the opal mines
But I attached their wages and took a whopping cut
Whisked away their workman's comp and pauperized the lot
CHORUS
I bought a first class ticket on Malaysian Air
Landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wear
I'm thinking of retiring from all my dirty deals
And I'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals!
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