Coffeehouse 101
words and music by Scott Wilson

Intro: D7 G7 F7
D7 F7 G7

D7 G7
Must it be so hard
D7 G7 F7
To bear your own iniquities
D7 G7
Or are they something
D7 F7 G7
That are worth having

D7 G7 D7
I could have studied Charlie Chaplin
G7 F7
Instead of Socrates
D7 G7 A7
Do you prefer the taste of poison
A# A7 G#7
In your coffee?

G7 F7
I guess it's just the way
D7
That I look at the world
G7 F7
You gotta kill the clam
A7 A# A7
Just to get at the pearl

D7 G7
Is it really necessary
D7 G7 F7
To meditate your emptiness
D7 G7 D7 F7 G7
Guess I live slightly east of Eden

D7 G7
And when you say your prayers
D7 G7 F7
I just have to ask myself
D7 G7
Exactly whose dreams
A7 A#
Are you feeding
A7 G#7
With your sweet caress?

G7 F7
I guess it's just the way
D7
That I look at the world
(Get yourself together now)
G7 F7
You gotta kill the boy
A7 A# A#7 A7
Just to get at the girl

C#7 A7 E
This might be just cynicism
E7
Or the way that I feel
C#7 A7
Cheerful witticisms
D7 A7 E7
As I witness the end of the world
D7 A7
But this is just another song
E7
That I wrote
D7 A7 B7 C7 B7
I didn't mean to rock your boat
But I did

G7 F7
I guess that's just the way
D7
That I look at the world
G7 F7
I guess it's just the way
A7 A#7 A7
That I look at the world


D7 G7
Can you distill your pain
D7 G7 F7
By drowning in your loneliness
D7 G7
In case you think
D7 F7 G7
That you've got it that bad

D7 G7
Better find your selves
D7 G7 F7
And count your many blessings
D7 G7
Or we might find ourselves
A7 A#
A passing fad
A7 G#7
Get your self together now

G7 F7
I guess it's just the way
D7
That I look at the world
(Fourth dimensionalities)
G7 F7
You gotta hit a clam
D7
Just to get at the pearl
(Call it practicality)
G7 F7
I guess it's just the way
D7
That I look at the world
(Innuendo and banalities)
G7 F7
Can you take a guess
Who didn't get the girl?
A7 A# A#7 A7


(That would be me)