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Its Money That Matters by Randy Newman
Its Money That Matters
Notes: The verse merely cycles through D-A-G-D
(with two beats per chord, but note that the D
chord repeats at beginning and end of each cycle). What Newman
calls the Chorus (where he sings "It's money that
matters") follows the same D-A-G-D pattern.
What I have called Bridge I is pretty
straightforward, but what I have called Bridge II
is actually a little riff section, so the chords
are deceptive. I will spell the notes in the "C-no third" riff
(pretty wimpy thing to call a riff) so you can get
it a little better. For the "C no third" chord,
don't even bother playing a chord, just play the
riff notes, duplicated in all the octaves you can
spare (within reason).
Bridge I appears only once in the song. Bridge
II comes twice: once after Bridge I (and a short turnaround), and once
after the third verse.
D A G D
Of all of the people
D A G D
that I used to know
D A G D
Most never adjusted
D A G D
to the great big world
etc.
BRIDGE I
Bmin A G
All of these people are much brighter than I
Bmin A G
In any fair system they would flourish and thrive
D
But they barely survive
A
They eke out a living
A#dim Bmin
And they barely survive
Bmin A G D/F# (<- turnaround into first occurence of Bridge II)
Bridge II
A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D)
When I was a young boy
A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D)
Maybe thirteen
A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D)
I took a hard look around me
A (no third) C no third (riff: G C C C D)
and asked what does it mean?
D A G D
So I talked to my father
D A G D
and he didn't know.
etc.
(Note: Bridge II repeats after third verse)
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e-B-G-D-A-E
A/D 0-2-2-0-x-x
G/D 3-0-0-0-x-x
D/A 2-3-2-0-0-x
Bdim 0-2-0-2-1-x
D/F# x-3-2-0-x-2
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RIFF
D A G D D A G D
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INTRO
| D A/D | G/D D |
| D A/D | G/D D |
D A/D G/D D
Of all of the people
D A/D G/D D
That I used to know
D A/D G/D D
Most never adjusted
D A/D G/D D
To the great big world
D A G D
I see them lurking in book stores
D A G D
Working for the Public Radio
D A G D
Carrying their babies around in a sack on their back
D A G D
Moving careful and slow
D A G D
It's money that matters
D A G D
Hear what I say
D A G D
It's money that matters
D A G D
In the USA
Bm F#m G
All of these people are much brighter than I
Bm F#m G
In any fair system they would flourish and thrive
D/A
But they barely survive
A Bbdim Bm A G D/F#
They eke out a living, they barely survive
A C
When I was a young boy,
A C
Maybe thirteen
A C
I took a hard look around me
A C
And asked what does it mean?
D A G D
So I talked to my father, and he didn't know
D A G D
And I talked to my friend and he didn't know
D A G D
And I talked to my brother and he didn't know
D A G D
And I talked to everybody that I knew
D A G D
It's money that matters
D A G D
Now you know that it's true
D A G D
It's money that matters
D A G D
Whatever you do
D A/D G/D D
Then I talked to a man
D A/D G/D D
Lived up on the county line
D A/D G/D D
I was washing his car
D A/D G/D D
With a friend of mine
A G C
He was a little fat guy
A G C
In a red jumpsuit
A G C
I said "That looks kind of funny"
A G C
He said "I know it does, too"
D A G D
"But I got a great big house on the hill here
D A G D
And a great big blonde wife inside it
D A G D
And a great big pool in my backyard
D A G D
Another great big pool beside it
D A G D
Sonny it's money that matters,
D A G D
Hear what I say
D A G D
It's money that matters
D A G D
In the USA
D A G D
It's money that matters
D A G D
Now you know that it's true
D A G D
It's money that matters
D A G D
Whatever you do"
| D A | G D |
(repeat riff and fade)
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