[INTRO] [C] x 8 E ------ B ------ G ------ D 5-5--5 A 3-3--3 E ----3-
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 4 E ---------------------------------------- B -----1----11-1-1---------1----11-1-1 G 3----2----00-0-0----3----2----00-2-0---- D 3----3----20-2-2----3----3----20-x-2---- A 1------------3-3----1------------3-3---- E ----------------------------------------
[VERSE 1] [C] Some boys kiss me, [C] some boys hug me [Bb] I think they're [Am] O.K. [C] If they don't give me [C] proper credit [Dm] I just walk [C] away [C] They can beg and [C] they can plead [Bb] But they can't see the [Am] light, that's right [C] Cause the boy with the [C] cold hard cash Is [Dm] always Mister [C] Right, 'cause we are
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 2
[VERSE 2] [C] Some boys romance, [C] some boys slow dance [Bb] That's all right with [Am] me [C] If they can't raise my [C] interest then I [Dm] Have to let them [C] be [C] Some boys try and [C] some boys lie but [Bb] I don't let them play[Am] [C] Only boys who [C] save their pennies [Dm] Make my rainy[C] day, 'cause we are
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl ([Bb][F])
[F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 4
[MAN VOCAL BIT] [C] Living in a material world (material) [Bb] Living in a [C] material world [C] Living in a material world (material) [Bb] Living in a [C] material world
[VERSE 3] [C] Boys may come and [C] boys may go [Bb] And that's all right you [Am] see [C] Experience has [C] made me rich And [Dm] now they're after [C] me, 'cause everybody's
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl ([Bb][F])
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 2 (STOP)
[STOP] [C] A material, a material, a material, a material [C] (musicback) World - Living in a material world (material) [Bb] Living in a mat [C] erial world [C] (musicback) World - Living in a material world (material)
[End - play snare on all hits in 'rial world' [Bb] Living in a mat [C] erial world
[Intro - BPM - 120 - count 1234 as eighth notes - Just snare] [B]xxx - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx (snare pickup - then full drums - NOTE no G#m and F# before the E) I am the one and only [E]xxx - xxxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#] oh yeah [B]
(full drums in - Badd6 then to B - x24444) [B]xxx - xxxx - [F#]xxx - [G#m]xxx (same pattern as previous) [E][E]x[E] - [E]xxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#][B] (A is on snare) xx[A]x - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx Oh yeah!
[Verse 1 - B is passing chord - downstrokes chuggy - all changes on straight bass drum] [G#m]Call me, call me by [B]my Name [E] or call me by [B] my num [C#m] ber ... [B]Put me through it ..... [E] I'll still be doing it the [F#]way I do it [Bm]And yet you try to make [D]me [G]forget Who I real [D] ly [Em]am don't [D]tell me I'd know best [G] I'm not the [A] same as all the rest [B]
[Chorus - Do the Badd6 line] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Vamp - 1 bar][A]
[Verse 2] [G#m]I've been a player in [B] the crowd [E] scene A flicker on [B]the [C#m]big screen ... My [B]soul embraces [E]one more in a [F#]million faces Hi [Bm] igh hopes and aspi [D]rations, [G] ideas above my [D]station, may [Em] be but [D]all this time I tried [G] to walk with [A]dignity and [B]pride
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Bridge - Each chord is emphasised on snare] [A] I can't wear this uni [F#m] form - Without some compromises [G] Because you'll find out that we come [Em] In different shapes and sizes
[Short Verse 3] [Am]No one can be myself [C]like [F]I can For this job I'm [C]the [Dm]best man And [C] while this maybe true [F] you are the [G] one and only [A]you!
[NO VOCALS FOR THIS BIT - Words are there to help follow changes Key change down - Guitar solo, or Chorus in A] [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] No [F#m]body I'd [E]rather [A]be [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] You can't take [F#m]that a [E]way from......
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me