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intro/chorus
DCollaborations don't F#mwork
GThey don't work, Gmthey don't wEork
DCollaborations don't F#mwork
GThey don't work, Gmthey don't wEork
DCollaborations don't F#mwork
GThey don't work, Gmthey don't wEork
GI'm gonna do Gmit all by myDse-eAlf
GI'm gonna do Gmit all by myDselfA  
x2
AMozart didn’t need a little hack to chFart
AWarhol didn’t need to ask De Kooning abFout art
GFrank Lloyd Wright always ate à lEa carte
AmWish I had been that Esmart
AmWish I had been that Esmart
[Chorus]
D    C      A       Am
ACollaborations don't work
You start off deferential
AAnd strangely reverential
You both feel it's essential
CCollaborations don't work
He's eyeing your new lover
CThen one night you discover
Them underneath your covers
Am
ACollaborations don't work
Delaying your vacations
ATo sundrenched island nations
To seek some affirmations
CCollaborations don't work
A colon or a comma
CAnd then a drawn-out drama
Bring in the Dalai Lama
CWhere is this damn thing a-goin'?
CWhere is this going, sFomeone Ctell Gme
FStarlight, Crub off oGn me
SFtar bright, Crub off oGn me
[x2]
D  E  C Eb
Dm Bm C Am
DI don't neEed your CpatronizEbing
DmI don't neBmed your CagoniziAmng
DI don't neEed your naCvel gazEbing
DmI don't geBmt your wCay of phrasAming
DI don't tEhink you'rCe really tEbrying
DmWhat, pray Bmtell, are Cyou implAmying?
    Am    Fx2
AmI ain't no collaboraFtor
AmI am the partisanF  
GRebel in the rocks with dirty trouserEs, broken pistol in the hand
AmI ain't no collaboraFtor
AmHack my scalp if you Fthink I am
GI am a sadistic young usurper, Ea hand on your neck
GHand on your lover, oh, give the man Ea hand
AmI ain't no colElaborator
      Am      E  
I ain't no collaborator
FI am the master, Eindependent
FIf I ever need a father, Git won't be you, old man
(chorus)
outro
C Em Am
C G  Am

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Collaborations Dont Work

by FFS

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F#m

intro/chorus

D F#m

Collaborations don't work

G Gm E

They don't work, they don't work

D F#m

Collaborations don't work

G Gm E

They don't work, they don't work

D F#m

Collaborations don't work

G Gm E

They don't work, they don't work

G Gm D A

I'm gonna do it all by myse-elf

G Gm D A

I'm gonna do it all by myself

A F

Mozart didn’t need a little hack to chart

A F

Warhol didn’t need to ask De Kooning about art

G E

Frank Lloyd Wright always ate à la carte

Am E

Wish I had been that smart

Am E

Wish I had been that smart

[Chorus]

D C A Am

Collaborations don't work

You start off deferential

And strangely reverential

You both feel it's essential

Collaborations don't work

He's eyeing your new lover

Then one night you discover

Them underneath your covers

Collaborations don't work

Delaying your vacations

To sundrenched island nations

To seek some affirmations

Collaborations don't work

A colon or a comma

And then a drawn-out drama

Bring in the Dalai Lama

Where is this damn thing a-goin'?

C F C G

Where is this going, someone tell me

F C G

Starlight, rub off on me

F C G

Star bright, rub off on me

[x2]

D E C Eb

Dm Bm C Am

D E C Eb

I don't need your patronizing

Dm Bm C Am

I don't need your agonizing

D E C Eb

I don't need your navel gazing

Dm Bm C Am

I don't get your way of phrasing

D E C Eb

I don't think you're really trying

Dm Bm C Am

What, pray tell, are you implying?

Am F

I ain't no collaborator

Am F

I am the partisan

G E

Rebel in the rocks with dirty trousers, broken pistol in the hand

Am F

I ain't no collaborator

Am F

Hack my scalp if you think I am

G E

I am a sadistic young usurper, a hand on your neck

G E

Hand on your lover, oh, give the man a hand

Am E

I ain't no collaborator

A E

I ain't no collaborator

F E

I am the master, independent

F G

If I ever need a father, it won't be you, old man

(chorus)

outro

C Em Am

C G Am

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