Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 14:40:45 -0500 (EST)
From: GCKTK
Subject: PRO: s/spacehog/to_be_a_millionaire.pro
«TO BE A MILLIONAIRE»
(Royston Langdon)
Recorded acoustically by Spacehog on the album «Resident Alien.»
Transcribed by Todd Obermiller ([email protected])
This appears to be in the key of F#.
I didn’t place the chords exactly where the switches are, listen
to the recording for these.
Intro
F# C# F#
B C# F#
F# C# F#
B C# F#
Verse 1
F# C# F#
Shot his mother down
B C# F#
With a gun that he had found
F# C# F#
Dragged her by the hair
B C# F#
And he sat her in a chair
Chorus
B(VII) D#m(VI)
Knew that he was wrong
B F#
Now all his friends are gone
F# C# F#
Terry’s only care
B C# F#
Was to be a millionaire
Verse 2
F# C# F#
At school he played the fool
B C# F#
And on linoleum he ruled
F# C# F#
The other children stared
B C# F#
And he would kick and pull their hair
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
B(VII) D#m(VI)
Remember Terry’s song
B(VII) F#
And your future will be long
F# C# F#
Be happy where you are
B C# F#
Or as lonely as a star
Repeat Verse 3
«Outro»
F# C# F#
Be happy where you are
B C# F#
Or as lonely as a star
F# C# F#
Terry’s only care
B C# F#
Was to be a millionaire
