Chord/Tab song: Money Becomes King

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Intro: Dm G Dm G Dm G F C G

If you[Dm] reach back in your [G]memory

a [Dm]little bell might [G]ring

'bout a [Dm]time that once e[G]xisted

when [Dm]money wasn't [G]king

if you s[Am]treech your i[Em]magination

i'll [Am]tell you all a[Em] tale

a[Dm]bout a time when [Am]everything

[F]wasn't [C]up for [G]sale

there [Dm]was this cat named [G]johnny

who [Dm]loved to play and [G]sing

when [F]money [C]wasn't [G]king

we'd [Dm]all get so [G]excited when

[Dm]john would do a [G]show

we'd [Dm]raise the cash [G]between us

and [Dm]down the road we'd [G]go

to [Am]hear him play that [Em]music

it [Am]spoke right to my [Em]soul

[Dm]every verse a [Am]diamond

[F]every [C]chorus [G]gold

the [Dm]sound was my [G]salvation

it was only everything

before money became king

well i a[A]in't sure how it [E]happend

and i do[A]n't know exactly [E]when

but e[A]verything got b[E]igger

and the [A]rules began to b[E]end

and the [A]tv taught the pe[G]ople

how to g[A]et their hair to s[G]hine

and h[A]ow sweet life can [G]be

if you k[A]eep a tight b[G]ehind

and they [F]raised the cost of [G]living

and [F]how could we have k[G]nown

they'd d[F]ouble the price of [G]tickets

to [F]go see johnny's s[G]how

[F] [C] [G]

so we ho[Dm]cked all our [G]possesions

and we s[Dm]old a little [G]dope

and went [F]off to [C]rock and [G]roll

[Dm]we arrived there [G]early

in [Dm]time to see r[G]ehearsal

and [Dm]john came out and li[G]p-synched

his [Dm]new lite beer [G]commercial

and [Am]as the crowd [Em]arrived

as [Am]far as i could [Em]see

the [Dm]faces were all [AM]different

there was n[F]o one t[C]here like [G]me

they [Dm]sat in golden [G]circles

and w[Dm]aiters sevred them [G]wine

and [Dm]talked through all the [G]music

and to j[Dm]ohn paid little [G]mind

and [Am]way up in the [Em]nosebleeds

we [Am]watched him on the [Em]screen

they'd h[Dm]ung between the [Am]billboards

so [F]cheaper [C]seats could s[G]ee

johnny r[A]ocked that golden [E]circle

and [A]all those vi[E]p's

and that [A]music thast had s[E]aved us

beca[A]me a tired r[E]outine

and i sa[A]w his face in cl[G]ose-up

trying to g[A]ive it all he [G]had

and some[A]times his eyes bet[G]rayed him

you could s[A]ee that he was s[G]ad

and i tr[F]ied to rock on w[G]ith him

but i sl[F]owly became b[G]ored

could that [F]man on stage

with [G]everything

[F]somehow need some [G]more?

[F] [C] [G]

there was[Dm] no use in pre[G]tending

no m[Dm]agic left to [G]hear

[Dm]all the music [G]gave me

was a [Dm]craving for lite b[G]eer

as i [Dm]walked out of the a[G]rena

my [Dm]ears began to [G]ring

and [F]money [C]became [G]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