Respectable Chords & Lyrics by Nellie McKay
Respectable
guitar chords lyrics
Intro: Play once
Am C F E
e-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|
B---4-3-1---1-3-4--|---4-3-1---1-3-4--|---4-3-1---1-3-4--|---4-3-1---1-3-4--|
G---------2--------|---------2--------|---------2--------|---------2--------|
D------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A-0~~~~~~-0~~~~~~--|-3~~~~~~-3~~~~~~--|------------------|------------------|
E------------------|------------------|-1~~~~~~-1~~~~~~--|-0~~~~~~-0~~~~~~--|
Am
There's a rich boy
C
But he doesn't spend
F E
He just drinks his Poland Spring
Am C
He's a quick boy walkin' round the bend
F E
Or at home alone reading
Dm E
And he tries to do good
F E
And he tries to do riiii-eeeght
Dm E
So he does what he should
F G
But he's got to subscriiiii-ieebe
Dm E
To the rules of the tribe
Am [silence] Am
Now you're playin' for the team
F E
Everybody loves to love a winner
Am [silence] Am
And you're bustin' the beguine
F E
Everybody knows you're no beginner
Dm E
But ah the bums say oooo-oh
F G#
Things ain't what they seem
Am C
You're the respectable member of society
F E
But you don't have nothin' on me
Am C
You got your east side certified pedigree
F E
But you won't have nothin' you'll see
Dm E
Because I warned youuuuu
F E
They would scorn yoouuuu
Dm E
But you never did a thing
Am [silence] Am
When you go in for the kill
F E
Everybody wants to make it happen
Am [silence] Am
And you make a hundred mil
F E
Everybody wants to scratch your back then
Dm E
But ah the freaks say ooo-oh
F G#
Things ain't what they seem
Am C
You're the respectable member of society
F E
But you don't have nothin' on me
Am C
You gotcha uppercrust dinner tux sanctimony
F E
But you won't have nothin' you'll see
Dm E
Because I told yooouuu
F E
They would mold yooouu
Dm E
But you never did a thing
