[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] (play chords up neck to simulate solo Am-x02210 then G-15-x-0-0-0-15, D-x-0-0-14-15-14, F-13-15-15-14-13-13) [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. [F] This is just a
[Verse 3] [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 - No Drums - Original key down half step] [Em-x79987 x x x-10-x-x-x-x][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
[Verse 1 - Light Drums in - Sustain sung bit over spoken bit as much as poss]
It starts with [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep [C] that in mind I designed this rhyme To ex [D] plain in due time All I
[Em] know Time is a valuable thing Watch [D] it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch [C] it count down to the end of the day The clock [D] ticks life away It's so un
[Em] real Didn't look out below Watch [D] the time go right out the window Try [C] ing to hold on but didn't even know Was [D] ted it all just to Watch you
[Em] go I kept everything inside And even [D] though I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus - First note over Em is actually F#] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 2] [Em] One thing I don't know why It [D] doesn't even matter how hard you try [C] Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme To re [D] mind myself how I tried so
[Em] hard In spite of the way you were mocking me [D] Acting like I was part of your property [C] Remembering all the times you've fought with me [D] I'm surprised it got so [Em] Things+(far)
[Em] aren't the way they were before [D] You wouldn't even recognize me anymore [C] Not that you knew me back then But it [D] all comes back to me (In the
[Em] end) You kept everything inside And even though [D] I tried it all fell apart [C] What it meant to me will eventually Be a memo [D] ry of a time when
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[Verse 3] I put my [Em] trust in you [D] Pushed as far [C] as I can go [D] And for all this [Em] There's only one [D] thing you should know o [C] ooo ow ow [D] ow
I put my [Em] trust in you [G] Pushed as far [D] as I can go [C] for all this [Em] There's only one [G] thing you should know o [D] ooo ow ow [C] ow
[Chorus] I [D] tried [Dsus2] so [Emadd9] hard And got so far [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter I [C] had to [Emadd9] fall To lose it all [G] But in the end [D] It doesn't even mat [C] ter er er er er er
[End - No Drums] [Em-x79987 x x x10xxxx][D/F#-x9777x] [Em][D/F#] x 3
