If you reach back in your memory
a little bell might ring
Dm G'bout a time that once existed
Dm Gwhen money wasn't king
if you streech your imagination
Am Emi'll tell you all a tale
Dm Amabout a time when everything
wasn't up for sale
Dm Gthere was this cat named johnny
Dm Gwho loved to play and sing
when money wasn't king
we'd all get so excited when
Dm Gjohn would do a show
Dm Gwe'd raise the cash between us
and down the road we'd go
Am Emto hear him play that music
Am Emit spoke right to my soul
every verse a diamond
F C Gevery chorus gold
Dm Gthe sound was my salvation
it was only everything
before money became king
well i ain't sure how it happend
A Eand i don't know exactly when
A Ebut everything got bigger
and the rules began to bend
A Gand the tv taught the people
A Ghow to get their hair to shine
and how sweet life can be
A Gif you keep a tight behind
F Gand they raised the cost of living
and how could we have known
F Gthey'd double the price of tickets
F Gto go see johnny's show
F C G
so we hocked all our possesions
Dm Gand we sold a little dope
F C Gand went off to rock and roll
Dm G
we arrived there early
in time to see rehearsal
Dm Gand john came out and lip-synched
Dm Ghis new lite beer commercial
and as the crowd arrived
Am Emas far as i could see
Dm AMthe faces were all different
there was no one there like me
they sat in golden circles
Dm Gand waiters sevred them wine
Dm Gand talked through all the music
and to john paid little mind
Am Emand way up in the nosebleeds
Am Emwe watched him on the screen
they'd hung between the billboards
F C Gso cheaper seats could see
A E
johnny rocked that golden circle
A Eand all those vip's
and that music thast had saved us
became a tired routine
A Gand i saw his face in close-up
A Gtrying to give it all he had
and sometimes his eyes betrayed him
A Gyou could see that he was sad
F Gand i tried to rock on with him
but i slowly became bored
Fcould that man on stage
Gwith everything
somehow need some more?
Dm G
there was no use in pretending
Dm Gno magic left to hear
all the music gave me
Dm Gwas a craving for lite beer
Dm Gas i walked out of the arena
my ears began to ring
F C Gand money became king
Dm G Dm G Dm G (big end)F C G
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