Money Becomes King Chords & Lyrics - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

[INTRO]
| [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] |

[VERSE]
If you [Gm]reach back in your [C]memory
A [Gm]little bell might [C]ring
'Bout a [Gm]time that once e[C]xisted
When [Gm]money wasn't [C]king
If you s[Cm]tretch your imagi[F]nation
I'll [Cm]tell you all a [F]tale
A[Bb]bout a time when [F]everything
[Bb]Wasn't [F]up for [C]sale

[CHORUS]
There [Gm]was this cat named [C]Johnny
Who [F]loved to play and [Bb]sing
[Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] |
When money wasn't king

[VERSE]
We'd [Gm]all get so [C]excited
When [Gm]John would give a [C]show
We'd [Gm]raise the cash be[C]tween us
And [Gm]down the road we'd [C]go
To [Cm]hear him play that [F]music
That [Cm]spoke right to my [F]soul
[Bb]Every verse a [F]diamond
[Bb]Every [F]chorus [C]gold

[CHORUS]
The [Gm]sound was my [C]salvation
It was [F]only e[Bb]verything
[Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] |
Before money became king

[MIDDLE 8]
Well I [F]ain't sure how it [C]happened
And I [F]don't know exactly [C]when
But [F]everything got [C]bigger
And the[F] rules began to be[C]nd
And the [G]TV taught the [Dm]people
How to [G]get their hair to [Dm]shine
And [G]how sweet life can [Dm]be
If you [G]keep a tight [Dm]behind
And they [Am]raised the cost of [Dm]living
And [Am]how could we have [Dm]known
They'd [Am]double the price of [Dm]tickets
2/4 4/4
[Am] | [Bb] | Bb F | [C] |
To go see Johnny's show

[CHORUS]
So we [Gm]hocked all our pos[C]sessions
And we [F]sold a little [Bb]dope
[Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] |
And went off to rock'n'roll

[VERSE]
[Gm]We arrived there [C]early
In [Gm]time to see r[C]ehearsal
And [Gm]John came out and [C]lip-synched
His [Gm]new lite beer com[C]mercial
And [Cm]as the crowd [F]arrived
As [Cm]far as I could [F]see
The [Bb]faces were all [F]different
There was [Bb]no one [F]there like [C]me

[VERSE]
They [Gm]sat in golden [C]circles
And w[Gm]aiters sevred them [C]wine
And [Gm]talked through all the [C]music
And to J[Gm]ohn paid little [C]mind
And [Cm]way up in the [F]nosebleeds
We [Cm]watched him on the [F]screen
They'd h[Bb]ung between the [F]billboards
So [Bb]cheaper [F]seats could [C]see

[MIDDLE 8]
Johnny [F]rocked that golden [C]circle
And [F]all those VI[C]Ps
And that [F]music that had [C]freed us
Bec[F]ame a tired rou[C]tine
And I sa[G]w his face in cl[Dm]ose-up
Trying to [G]give it all he [Dm]had
And some[G]times his eyes bet[Dm]rayed him
You could s[G]ee that he was [Dm]sad
And I [Am]tried to rock on [Dm]with him
But I [Am]slowly became [Dm]bored
Could that [Am]man on stage with [Dm]everything
2/4 4/4
[Am] | [Bb] | Bb F | [C] |
Somehow need some more?

[Chorus] (variation)
There [Gm]was no use in pre[C]tending
No [F]magic left to [Bb]hear
[Gm]All the music [C]gave me
Was a [F]craving for lite [Bb]beer
As I [Gm]walked out of the a[C]rena
My [F]ears began to [Bb]ring
[Bb] [F] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] | [Gm] [C] |
And money became king

[CODA]
2/4
| [Bb] [F] | [C]