Tom: B
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4----------4-4------4-4----------4-4------4-4---------4-4-----------------------|
D|-----6p4-6p4------6p4------6p4-6p4------6p4------6p4-6p4-----6p4------4------4-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------4/6----4/6----4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords used
B C#m E F#
E|-7---4---7---9----|
B|-7---5---9---11---|
G|-8---6---9---11---|
D|-9---6---9---11---|
A|-9---4---7---9----|
E|-7---x---x---x----|
[Verse]
B C#m
My cousin Greg, well he’s a greedy son of a bitch
E F# B
He’s making his way from Florida up to L.A.
C#m
He left the Tropicana, and passed through Louisiana
E F# B
He laughs hard, carries on, but he can barely stand ya
Riff
[Verse]
B C#m
All his physicist buddies, they all wear the snow white coats
E F# B
And goggles to shield the elements from their eyes
C#m
Greg’s companion Andy, he lives his life
E F# B
Vicariouslyyyy through his mathematics
[Chorus]
B C#m E F# B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
B C#m E F# B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
Riff
[Verse]
B C#m
Napoleon Roland James, he’s got a heart that made of brain
E F# B
He fell in love once, and thought about it for a day
C#m
Hey Greg where’d you go last night, he says
E F# B
“I don’t know, but I woke up with a pocket full of loot.”
[Chorus]
B C#m E F# B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
B C#m E F# B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
Riff
[Verse] (This verse is palm muted)
B C#m
Hey Greg, where’d one of your shoes go
E F# B
He looked at me and said…………… “That’s not important.”
B C#m E F#
Please don’t you point your photon ray gun at me!!
[Chorus]
B C#m E F# B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
B C#m E F# B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
