Intro
C Em
Collaborations don't work
F Fm D
They don't work, they don't work
C Em
Collaborations don't work
F Fm D
They don't work, they don't work
C Em
Collaborations don't work
F Fm D
They don't work, they don't work
F Fm C G
I'm gonna do it all by myse-elf
F Fm C G
I'm gonna do it all by myself
x2
G D#
Mozart didn’t need a little hack to chart
G D#
Warhol didn’t need to ask De Kooning about art
F D
Frank Lloyd Wright always ate à la carte
Gm D
Wish I had been that smart
Gm D
Wish I had been that smart
[Chorus]
C A# G Gm
G
Collaborations don't work
You start off deferential
G
And strangely reverential
You both feel it's essential
A#
Collaborations don't work
He's eyeing your new lover
A#
Then one night you discover
Them underneath your covers
Gm
G
Collaborations don't work
Delaying your vacations
G
To sundrenched island nations
To seek some affirmations
A#
Collaborations don't work
G colon or a comma
A#
And then a drawn-out drama
Bring in the Dalai Lama
A#
Where is this damn thing a-goin'?
A# D# A# F
Where is this going, someone tell me
D# A# F
Starlight, rub off on me
D# A# F
Star bright, rub off on me
[x2]
C D A# Db
Cm Am A# Gm
C D A# Db
I don't need your patronizing
Cm Am A# Gm
I don't need your agonizing
C D A# Db
I don't need your navel gazing
Cm Am A# Gm
I don't get your way of phrasing
C D A# Db
I don't think you're really trying
Cm Am A# Gm
What, pray tell, are you implying?
Gm D# x2
Gm D#
I ain't no collaborator
Gm D#
I am the partisan
F D
Rebel in the rocks with dirty trousers, broken pistol in the hand
Gm D#
I ain't no collaborator
Gm D#
Hack my scalp if you think I am
F D
I am a sadistic young usurper, a hand on your neck
F D
Hand on your lover, oh, give the man a hand
Gm D
I ain't no collaborator
G m D
I ain't no collaborator
D# D
I am the master, independent
D# F
If I ever need a father, it won't be you, old man
(chorus)
outro
A# Dm Gm
A# F Am