MONEY BECOMES KING Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Intro: Dm G Dm G Dm G F C G

If you^Dm reach b^Gack in your memory a ^Dmlittle bel^Gl might ring

'b^Dmout a ^Gtime that once existed when ^Dmmoney wa^Gsn't king

if^Am you stre^Emech your imagination i'll ^Amtell you ^Emall a tale

a^Dmbout a t^Amime when everything ^Fwasn't ^Cup for ^Gsale

there ^Dmwas thi^Gs cat named johnny who ^Dmloved to pla^Gy and sing

when ^Fmoney ^Cwasn'^Gt king

we'd ^Dmall ge^Gt so excited when ^Dmjohn w^Gould do a show

we'd ^Dmraise the ^Gcash between us and ^Dmdown the road^G we'd go

to ^Amhear him pla^Emy that music it ^Amspoke right^Em to my soul

^Dmevery vers^Ame a diamond ^Fevery ^Cchorus g^Gold

the ^Dmsound w^Gas my salvation it was only everything

before money became king

we^All i a^Ein't sure how it happend an^Ad i do^En't know exactly when

but e^Averything^E got bigger an^Ad the^E rules began to bend

an^Ad the^G tv taught the people ho^Aw to ge^Gt their hair to shine

and h^Aow sweet lif^Ge can be if^A you kee^Gp a tight behind

and^F they rai^Gsed the cost of living and ^Fhow could we^G have known

th^Fey'd dou^Gble the price of tickets to ^Fgo see jo^Ghnny's show

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so^Dm we hocke^Gd all our possesions an^Dmd we sold^G a little dope

and^F we^Cnt o^Gff to rock and roll

^Dmwe arri^Gved there early in ^Dmtime t^Go see rehearsal

and ^Dmjohn cam^Ge out and lip-synched his ^Dmnew lite^G beer commercial

and ^Amas the ^Emcrowd arrived as ^Amfar as i^Em could see

the ^Dmfaces wer^Ame all different there^F was ^Cno one ^Gthere like me

they ^Dmsat in go^Glden circles and w^Dmaiters s^Gevred them wine

and ^Dmtalked thro^Gugh all the music an^Dmd to j^Gohn paid little mind

and ^Amway up i^Emn the nosebleeds we ^Amwatched him ^Emon the screen

th^Dmey'd h^Amung between the billboards so ^Fcheape^Cr sea^Gts could see

jo^Ahnny ro^Ecked that golden circle and ^Aall t^Ehose vip's

and^A that m^Eusic thast had saved us

beca^Ame a ^Etired routine an^Ad i s^Gaw his face in close-up

tryin^Ag to g^Give it all he had an^Ad somet^Gimes his eyes betrayed him

you c^Aould see^G that he was sad an^Fd i t^Gried to rock on with him

bu^Ft i slow^Gly became bored could^F that man on stage

with ^Geverything ^Fsomehow^G need some more'

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the^Dmre was no u^Gse in pretending no m^Dmagic le^Gft to hear

^Dmall the mu^Gsic gave me was a ^Dmcravin^Gg for lite beer

as i ^Dmwalked o^Gut of the arena my ^Dmears be^Ggan to ring

and ^Fmoney^C bec^Game king

Dm G Dm G Dm G (big end)F C G "The words are right--I'm just not sure on the music." Jacob Ortiz of Suspicious P

Tom Petty - Money becomes king