Randy Newman It’s Money that Matters (1988) (Randy Newman) From: "Land of Dreams" ------------CHORDS A/D 0-2-2-0-x-x G/D 3-0-0-0-x-x D/A 2-3-2-0-0-x Bdim 0-2-0-2-1-x D/F# x-3-2-0-x-2 ------------ RIFF B|------------x-/8------------|------------|8-8------------| G|----7h9-------x-/7-----7---9p7---|----7-----9---9-|7-7---7-------7-| D|7h9------------|------7-------9-|7h9---x-x-7---7-|------7---------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| |------------|------------|------------|------------| ------------ INTRO | / | / | | / | / | Of all of the people That I used to know Most never adjusted To the great big world I see them lurking in book stores Working for the Public Radio Carrying their babies around in a sack on their back Moving careful and slow It’s money that matters Hear what I say It’s money that matters In the USA All of these people are much brighter than I In any fair system they would flourish and thrive But they barely survive They eke out a living they barely survive When I was a young boy Maybe thirteen I took a hard look around me And asked what does it mean? So I talked to my father and he didn’t know And I talked to my friend and he didn’t know And I talked to my brother and he didn’t know And I talked to everybody that I knew It’s money that matters Now you know that it’s true It’s money that matters Whatever you do Then I talked to a man Lived up on the county line I was washing his car With a friend of mine He was a little fat guy In a red jumpsuit I said "That looks kind of funny" He said "I know it does too" "But I got a great big house on the hill here And a great big blonde wife inside it And a great big pool in my backyard Another great big pool beside it Sonny it’s money that matters Hear what I say It’s money that matters In the USA It’s money that matters Now you know that it’s true It’s money that matters Whatever you do" (repeat riff and fade)