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 x2 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 A Collaborations don't work You start off deferential A And strangely reverential You both feel it's essential C Collaborations don't work He's eyeing your new lover C Then one night you discover Them underneath your covers Am A Collaborations don't work Delaying your vacations A To sundrenched island nations To seek some affirmations C Collaborations don't work A colon or a comma C And then a drawn-out drama Bring in the Dalai Lama C 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 x2 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 m 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
