[Intro riff - * = emphasis] E ---------------- B ---------------3 G --0h2--0h2*------ D --0h2*-0h2------- A 0--------------- E ----------------
[Am] This is the greatest and best song in the world... Tribute.
[Verse 1] (no drums) [Am] Long time ago me and my brother Kyle here, (riff) [Am] We was hitchhikin' down a long and lonesome road. (riff) [Am] All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon... (riff) [Am] In the middle of the road. .... And he said:
(strum palm muted) [A5] "Plaaay the best song in the world, or I'll eat your souls."
(back to normal picking) [Am] Well me and Kyle, we looked at each other, [Am] And we each said... "Okay"
[Am] And we played the first thing that [G] came to our heads, [F] Just so happened to be, [Am] The Best Song in the [G] World, it was [F] The Best Song in the World.
[Chorus 1] (Drums in) [D] Look into my eyes and it's [F] easy to see .. One and [C] one make two, two and [G] one make three, It was (drop snare) [F] destiny. (snare pick up) [D] Once every hundred-thousand [F] years or so, When the [C] sun doth shine and the [G] moon doth glow And the [F] grass don't grow...
[Verse 2] (drums just bass drum) [Am] Needless to say, the beast was stunned. [Am] Whip-crack went his schwumpy tail, [Am] And the beast was done. [Am] He asked us: "Be you angels?" (prep for high A to be sung) [Am] And we said, "Nay. We are but men!" ROCK!
[Chorus 2] [Am] This is not [Am] The [G] Greatest Song in the [Am] World. (riff) [Am] No, [Am] this is just a [G] tribute. [Am] [Am] Couldn't remember [Am] The [G] Greatest Song in the [Am] World. (riff) [Am] No, [Am] this is a [G] tribute, [Am] oh. (vocals allude to Amaj interesting)
[Am][G] To The Greatest [D] Song in the [F] World, All right! [Am][G] It was The Greatest [D] Song in the [F] World, All right! [Am] It was the best mutha [G] fuckin' song The greatest [D] song in the [F] world.
(drums stop - acapella bit but play chords staccato with rhythm of words) [Am] Dee soo guh [G] goo gee goo gee Goo guh [D] fli-goo gee goo, guh fli- [F] goo ga goo buh-dee eeeh [Am] Ooh-guh-goo bee, ooh guh guh [G] bee guh guh bee [D] Fli-goo gee goo, a-fli-guh [F] woo wa mama Lucifer!
[Vamp / Solo] Am G D F Am G D F
[Interlude - SPOKEN] [Am] And the peculiar [G] thing is this my friends: [D] The song we sang on that [F] fateful night, It didn't [Am] actually sound [G] anything like this [D] song.
[Verse 3] [F] This is just a [Am] tribute! You [G] gotta be [D] lieve me! Man, I [F] wish you were [Am] there! Just a [G] matter of opin [D] ion. Ah, [F] what the fuck! [Am] Good God, [G] gotta love 'em, [D] So surprised to [F] find you can't stop me now. [Am] A fiery [G] ring of fire! [D] Rich motherfucker, the [F] perfect song!
[Outro][Solo] [E][F] All [E] right! [F] [E][F] All [E] right! [F] [E] ------- [F] -------- [F] ---------- [F] ---
[Intro - Capo 4 - No drums - Keep capo for live so - just play low notes for verse and higher notes for chorus to simulate guitar on record] [G]xxx [G]xxx [G]xx[Gsus4] xx[Gsus4]x - Repeat
(Full drums in * G move through Gsus4 3x0033 3x0013 **D descend to Dsus2) [Distorted Riff]      [G]         [D]        [C]           [G] E ---------------2--*2p0---0-----0--------------- B ---s3--*3p1----3-----3---1-----1----3--*3p1--- G ----0----------2-----2---2--*2p0----0------- D ----0--------------------x-----2----0------ A ----x--------------------3-----3----x----- E ---s3-------------------------------3-------
[Verse 1 - Light drums - Pluck chords on first note then chug their bass note to simulate record] [G] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [D] you And everything you do [Cmaj7] Yeah, they were all yellow [G] I came along I wrote a song for [D] you And all the things you do [Cmaj7] And it was called "Yellow" [G] ........... So then I took my [D] turn Oh, what a thing to have done [Cmaj7] And it was all yellow [G] ([Gsus4][G])
[Chorus 1] [Cmaj7] Your skin [Em7] Oh yeah, your [D] skin and bones [Cmaj7] Turn in.... to [Em7]something [D] beautiful [Cmaj7] You know, [Em7] you know I [D] love you so [Cmaj7] (drums stop) You know I love you so
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [G][D][C] ([G][Gsus4])
[Verse 2] [G] I swam across I jumped across for [D] you Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7] 'Cause you were all yellow [G] I drew a line I drew a line for [D] you Oh, what a thing to do [Cmaj7] And it was all yellow [G][Gsus4]
[Chorus 2] [C] Your skin [Em7] Oh yeah, your [D] skin and bones [Cmaj7] Turn in.... [Em7] to something [D] beautiful [Cmaj7] And you know [Em7] For you I [D] bleed myself [Cmaj7] dry (drums stop) For you I bleed myself dry
[Instrumental- as per intro Gsus4 Dsus2 and Cadd6 in there] [G][D][C] ([G][Gsus4])
[Bridge] It's [G] true... oooh, look how they shine for [D] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Cmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [G] Look how they shine for [D] you.... oooh Look how they shine for [Cmaj7] you.... oooh Look how they shine (stop drums)
[Outro] [G] Look at the stars Look how they shine for [Dm7] you And all the things that you [Cmaj7] do [End]