If you reach back in your memory
Gm Ca little bell might ring
Gm Cbout a time that existed
when money wasn’t king
Eb FIf you stretch your imagination
Eb FI’ll tell you all a tale
About a time when everything
Bb F CWasn’t up for sale
Gm CThere was this cat named Johnny
who loved to play and sing
Bb F Gmwhen money wasn’t king
Gm CWe’d all get so excited
when john would give a show
Gm Cwe’d raise the cash between us
Gm Cand down the road we’d go
to hear him play that music
Eb Fit spoke right to my soul
Bb F Cevery verse a diamond
every chorus gold
Gm Cthe sound was my salvation
F Bbit was only everything
before money became king
F C
well I ain’t sure how it happened
and I don’t know exactly when
F Cbut every thing got bigger
F Cand the rules began to bend
and the tv taught the people
G Dmhow to get their hair to shine
G Dmand how sweet life could be
if you keep a tight behind
Am Dmand they raised the cost of living
Am Dmand how could we ignore
they doubled the price of tickets
Am Bbto go see johnny’s show
Bb F CGm CSo we hocked all our possessions
F Bband we sold a little dope
and went off to rock and roll
Gm Cwe arrived there early
Gm Cin time to see rehearsal
and john came out and lip synced
Gm Chis new light beer commercial
Eb Fand as the crowd arrived
as far as I could see
Bb Fthe faces were all different
Bb C
there was no one there like me
Gm CThey sat in golden circles
the waiters served them wine
Gm Cthey talked through all the music
G Cand to john paid little mind
and way up in the nose bleeds
Eb Fwe watched him on the screen
Bb Fthey hung between the billboards
so cheaper seats could see
F Cjohnny rocked that golden circle
F Cand all those VIP’s
and that music that had freed us
F Cbecame a tired routine
G Dmand I saw his face in close up
trying to give it all he had
G Dmand some times his eyes betrayed him
G Dmyou could see that he was sad
and I tried to rock on with him
Am Dmbut I slowly became bored
Am Dmcould that man on stage with everything
some how need some more
Bb F Cno use in pretending
no magic left to hear
Gm Call the music gave me
F Bbwas a craving for light beer
as I walked out of the arena
F Bbmy ears began to ring
Bb F Gm/Cand Money Became King
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