Tonart: A major
Verse 1
Bb
Virginia Woolf
D
She leaves me cold
Gm
I recognize the genius
D
But I'm twice as bold
Verse 2
Eb
I have more to say
Bb
Than Hemingway
F
C
Lord knows, compared to Faulker
I say it in a better way
Csus4
C
Verse 3
Bb
Graham Greene
D
He loves me
Gm
He loves my poetic
D
Sensibility
Verse 4
Eb
Katherine Anne Porter
F
Bb
Might be the best one now
C
But in about a year
Dsus4
I'm gonna show her how
Gm
Eb
Yes I will
D
Gm
Verse 5
D
Bb
Said to Reeves the other day
D
Proust really is the man
Gm
Who comforts me in a way
D
No other writer can
Verse 6
Eb
The timeless quality of the work
Bb
The length! Is very long
Csus4
C
Believe me Marcel Proust goes on
Verse 7
And on and on and on. 7 volumes
Bb
Oh, Harper. Harper
D
Lee. Lee. Lee
Gm
She only wrote that one book
Eb
D
I've written more than three
Verse 8
Eb
Darling Tennessee Williams
F
Bb
It's anybody's guess
C
Why "Streetcar" made millions
And "Wedding" so much
less
Dsus4
Gm
Verse 9
Eb
Gm
Eb
Gm
I will forever be pondering that one
Verse 10
D
Gbaug
Eb
Oh, Harper. Harper
D
Lee. Lee. Lee
Gm
Bb
Why do they always com pare her to me
Interlude 1
To me
Eb
Verse 11
Bb
Won't even talk about
D
Eudora Welty
Gm
As for F. Scott, my Sad Cafe
D
Is greater than his Gatsby
Eb
I'm just telling you
Bb
What someone told me they read
C
I never look at my reviews
They might give me the big head
Bb
Now Truman Capote was
D
hypnotized
Gm
Mesmerized. Cause he realized
That I knew that he knew
D
That he had plagiarized
Verse 12
Eb
My cadences!
F
Bb
Imagine his surprise,
C
You'll see it in his eyes
Verse 13
When I win that Nobel Prize
D
Eb
Bb
Eb
Thank you. Thank you so very
much
D
Gm
Eb
Gm
D
Verse 14
Eb
Harper. Harper
D
Lee. Lee. Lee
Gm
Bb
Why do they always com pare her to me
To me
Eb
Verse 15
Bb
She always seems to be receiving
D
More than she deserves
Gm
Honey, she's poaching on
D
My literary preserves
Verse 16
Eb
Yes from Harper Lee
F
Bb
F
Bb
We have seen and we've heard and
C
I'd like to kill more than just
That mockingbird
D
Verse 17
Eb
D
Eb
Bb
You know, sometimes I really would
D
Eb
Gm
So you just wait until next year
Outro 1
D
Gm
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