Todd Snider - Money compliments and publicity

^CA man once said that the pinnacle of ^Emsuccess ^FIs when you've finally lost inter^Gest ^CIn money, co^Emmpliments, an^Fd public^Gity C Emao A noble enough idea, I supposeea F Gii. How on earth he does this, heaven only knows ^CI know I need a lot more of all three^Em of those Before I ever hav^Fe the nerve to ^Gturn up my nose At any money, compli^Cments,^Em and publicity^{F G}

^C#I'm broke as the Ten ^GCommandments ^FSometimes I'm harder to^G follow

^CI don't know whether to walk to ^Emschool Or take my lun^Fch, should've worn my watch, it's tru^Ge ^CYou may think you see a man w^Emho is looking for attention, ^FBut you're looking at a man who has lived ^G Through a little bit of poverty^C, Some anxie^Emty, some scrutiny^{F G}

^CIf I ever do get my money together, ^{Em F}I'm gonna take care of all of my friends ^{G C}Buy an island, run a phone line, call 'em Em F (stop) Tell 'em all to get f**ked ^FOh! That oughta take car^Ce of them Just be me and my^Em money, And m^Fy compliments, and my publ^Gicity ^CSing it with me: "money, c^Emompliments, and publicity&qu^Fot; ^G

^GIt's an issue for me, ^FI went to see this therapist ^G She said, "J^Fust do the best you can do" ^{G C}Do the best you can do... ^{F C}Do the best you can do... ^{F G}I was hoping for something more specific ^F

^CA man once said that the pinnacle of success ^{Em F}Is when you've finally lost interest ^{G C}In money, compl^Emiments, and publicity ^{F G C}Many years later, another man would say all tha^Emt again ^FBut not for the sake of inspiring men ^{G C}But rather 'cause he got nine songs ^EmAnd knows he needs at least ten ^FBefore he can go back to town and turn 'em all in ^{G C}To get money--you guessed it--compl^Emiments, publicit^Fy ^G

^CMoney, c^Emompliments, ^Fand publi^Gcity ^CLord, I^Em'm gonna ^Ftake it t^Go the bank ^CI said ^Emmoney, I l^Fove the^G compliments and the publicity ^CI got^Em so many ^Fpeople to^G thank ^CI wan^Emna thank ^FClive Dav^Gis ^CI wan^Emna thank the^F Good Lor^Gd up in heaven above ^CAnd all ^Emmy fans f^For my mon^Gey, my compliments, and my publicity ^CMoney, co^Emmpliments,^F and publ^Gicity L^Cord, I wou^Emld bathe^F in ^{G C}Money, c^Emomplimen^Fts, and p^Gublicity ^CMoney, co^Emmpliments^F, and pub^Glicity