From: spurgeon@is2.nyu.edu (Keith Spurgeon) This is my first post of chords, so I'm praying the lines w/ chords and the lines w/ words roughly match up. Someone (sorry didn't catch name, cause I'm new to this game) posted a request for the chords to "It's Money That Matters" by Randy Newman, from the recording "Land of Dreams" (Reprise 25773--a few bad tunes, but a few really great tunes, so buy it!). The poster can e-mail me for clarification. I welcome all corrections, suggestions, praise, and flames at my E-mail address. Here is a condensation of the chords for the tune. It's pretty much a "cycle" tune, so I didn't include all lyrics and verses. Notes: The verse merely cycles through D-A-G-D (with two beats per chord, but note that the D chord repeats at beginning and end of each cycle). What Newman calls the Chorus (where he sings "It's money that matters") follows the same D-A-G-D pattern. What I have called Bridge I is pretty straightforward, but what I have called Bridge II is actually a little riff section, so the chords are deceptive. I will spell the notes in the "C-no third" riff (pretty wimpy thing to call a riff) so you can get it a little better. For the "C no third" chord, don't even bother playing a chord, just play the riff notes, duplicated in all the octaves you can spare (within reason). Bridge I appears only once in the song. Bridge II comes twice: once after Bridge I (and a short turnaround), and once after the third verse. You're on your own to sound like Mark Knopfler does on the recording. It's Money That Matters Randy Newman

Of a^Dll of the^A peop^Gle ^D that^D I used to k^Anow^G ^D

Most^D never a^Adjust^Ged ^D to t^Dhe great^A bi^Gg wor^Dld

etc. BRIDGE I

^BminAll of these people are much ^Abrighter than^G I In a^Bminny fair system they would ^Aflourish and t^Ghrive

But they barely sur^Dvive They eke out a ^Aliving

And they ba^A#dimrely surv^Bminive Bmin A G D/F# (<- turnaround into first occurence of Bridge II)

Bridge II A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D) When I was a young boy A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D) Maybe thirteen A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D) I took a hard look around me A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D) and asked what does it mean'

So I t^Dalked to my f^Aather ^G ^D and^D he didn't kn^Aow. ^G ^D

etc. (Note: Bridge II repeats after third verse) [I checked the layout after I pulled this into my news editor,and the chords and lines seem to match up pretty well. We'll see how well it nets.]

Randy Newman - Its money that matters