Key: A minor
Verse 1
Am
C
F
E
Am
There's a rich boy
But he doesn't spend
F
E
He just drinks his Poland Spring
C
F
E
Or at home alone reading
Dm
Esus4
And he wants to do good
F
Em
And he wants to do right
Dm
Esus4
So he does what he should
F
G
But he's got to subscribe
Dm
E
To the rules of the tribe
Playin' for the team
F
E
Everybody loves to love a winner
F
E
Everybody knows you're no beginner
Dm
E
But ah the bums say oh
F
G#
Things ain't what they seem
Verse 2
F
E
But you don't have nothin' on me
Am
C
You gotcha east side certified pedigree
E
you'll see
Dm
E
Because I warned you
F
Em
They would scorn you
Dm
Em
E
F
But you never did a thing
Interlude 1
G
Dm
E
Verse 3
F
E
Everybody wants to make it happen
Dm
E
But ah the freaks say oh
F
G#
Things ain't what they seem
Verse 4
Am
spectable
F
E
But you don't have nothin' on me
C
tux sanctimony
Dm
E
Because I told you
F
E
They would mold you
Dm
Em
E
F
But you never did a
G
Dm
E
Am
C
thing
Verse 5
F
E
Gm
Are you gonna tell
Are you gonna hide
Are you
Dm
Gm
Ah what are you sayin'
Are you gonna sell
Are you gonna buy
Dm
Gm
Ah what are you sayin'
Cm
Eb
Cm
Ab
Verse 6
G
Ab
G
And his laugh is hard and fast
Ab
Cm
And his jacket holds a flask
G
Fm
G
And he tried to do good
Gm
To do right
Fm
G
So he did what he could
Ab
Bb
But he had to subscribe
Fm
G
To the rules of the tribe
Verse 7
Ab
G
Everybody talks too much and argues
to scream
Fm
G
But ah the scrubs say oh
Ab
B
Things ain't what they seem
Verse 8
Ab
G
But you don't have nothin' on me
Fm
G
Because I warned you
G#
G
They would burn you
Fm
G
Ab
Bb
Fm
G
But you never did a thing
Ab
G
But you don't have nothin on me
Ab
G
Cm
Eb
Ab
G
You're so respectable
Eb
Ab
G
members of
Outro 1
Eb
Ab
G
Cm
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