Camarillo Brillo    (video)

 

    C - G - F (4x) - C

 

    C                          G             F    - Dm                                   Am

1.     She had that Camarillo Brillo         flamin' out along her head,

C                       G             F    - Dm                                                      Am

    I mean her Mendcino Bino,        by where some bugs had made it red.

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    She ruled the toads of the short forest         and every newt in Idaho,

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    and every cricket who had chorused          by the bush in Buffalo.

C                         G                   F   - Dm                                                 Am

   She said she was a magic mama,    and she could throw a mean Tarot,

C                    G                  F      - Dm                                                   Am

  and carried on without a comma    that she was someone I should know.

 

Bb                                      F              D#  Bb

    She had a snake for a pet and an amulet,

                         Bb               F                  D#              Bb

and she was breeding a dwarf, but she wasn't done yet.

                  C               G        D              A

She had gray-green skin, a doll with a pin,

                 G                                F                

I told her she was alright, but I couldn't come in.     +  C ~

 

   C                       G                                  F

2.    And so she wandered through the doorway,

Dm                                          Am

    just like a shadow from the tomb,

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    she said her stereo was four-way        and I'd just love it in her room.

C                      G                       F        - Dm                                        Am

    Well, I was born to have adventure,        so I just followed up the steps,

C                        G                         F

    right past her fuming incense stencher,

Dm                                            Am

    to where she hung her castinettes.

C            G                                    F      - Dm                                         Am

   She stripped away her rancid poncho     and laid out naked by the door,

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    we did it 'til we were unconcho        and it was useless anymore.

 

Bb                                      F              D#  Bb

    She had a snake for a pet and an amulet,

                         Bb               F                  D#              Bb

and she was breeding a dwarf, but she wasn't done yet.

                  C               G        D              A

She had gray-green skin, a doll with a pin,

                 G                                F                

I told her she was alright, but I couldn't come in.   +  C ~

 

   C                       G                                  F

3.    And so she wandered through the doorway,

Dm                                          Am

    just like a shadow from the tomb,

C                         G               F          - Dm                                       Am

    she said her stereo was four-way        and I'd just love it in her room.

C                      G                       F        - Dm                                        Am

    Well, I was born to have adventure,        so I just followed up the steps,

C                        G                         F

    right past her fuming incense stencher,

Dm                                            Am

    to where she hung her castinettes.

C                         G                   F   - Dm                                                 Am

   She said she was a magic mama     and she could throw a mean Tarot,

C                   G                   F      - Dm                                                   Am

  and carried on without a comma    that she was someone I should know.

 

+  C - G - F - Dm - Am

 

     C                         G                                        F

+        Is that a real poncho? I mean, is that a Mexican poncho

                                 Dm          - Am

    or is that a Sears poncho ?           Hm, no fooling.

 

+  C - G - F - Dm - Am (2x) ....

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Frank Zappa)