Chords for Mike Love - Penniless (HiSessions.com Acoustic Live!)
Tempo:
111.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
Bb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[Bb] [Am] [G]
[Bb] [Am] [G]
[Bb] [Am]
[Bb] [G] [Bb]
[G] I've kept [Bb] my mouth [D] shut too [G] long, begging for [Bb]
scraps [Am] down [G] here at the bottom.
And though I [Bb] know in [G] my mouth I'll suffer the harms, I just let [Bb] the whole [D] night out [G] no more.
Cause I'm sure that the weak and the poor [Bb] got something [F] to say, [G] but they can't press on nobody listens.
And the man with the hell of a [Bb] plan, can't do nothing but [F] the sins, but [G] they're stuck in the back washing dishes.
It don't [Bb] seem right [D] that some work to be [G] the guy, and some never have to work a single [Bb] day in their lives.
Oh [D] somebody tell me why I [F] get paid, [C] half as much to [G] work, all are twice [F] as hard.
[C] Cause all these [G] yuppie jerks, all are just [F] because, [Am] underwear, a [G] suit and a tie.
[D] Am I out [A] of my mind, [D] to wish that I [G] was penniless, so that I could [Bm] rest.
All these money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [Db] less.
All these worries, [A] take my [F] life away, there goes another day, [C] working minimum wage.
I trip over sides, I scream, [Eb] but I'm putting up a great, I think it would be best, [D] if we [Gb] all [Bm] were [Gb] just [G] more penniless.
[Bb]
[D] [G] [Bb]
[D] [G] See, depending is a rope, the mean is a [Bb] joke, cause the wealthiest [D] ones, mentalist, [G] perpetually other, unhealthiest ones, the trust funds, ain't gonna save a [Bb] month, the judge make up, we [C] just watch and [G] learn.
Look at the tidal waves coming, and it's gonna break, [Bb] a tickle, but y'all like the rips, [Am] see from the truth [G] and it's right.
Cause in this system about to fail, let the treacherous [Bb] prevail, but to innocent and [C] dead watches, I'm burning the [D] stake.
But I, [F] I know, [C] the day I'm coming [G] in, where the breeze will [F] blow.
[C] Take this all [G] away, oh yeah, and [F] in time, [Em] everything [C] will be [G] okay, if [D] we can just find [A] a [D] way, to [E] stay, [D] [C] any less.
All the acrobatics, [Bm] all these [D] money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [E] less.
All these [G] [A] worries, take [F] my life away, there goes another [C] day, working minimum wage.
I'm trapped up inside this [Eb] cage, where I'm put in the grave, I think it would be best, [Bm] if we all were just [G] more, any less.
[D] [E]
[Em] [C] [G]
La la la la la, [Em] [D]
[Gb] [Em] la la la la la la,
[Am] [G] la la la la la, [Em]
[D] [Em] la la la,
[C] [G] And what we hold [D] [Em] within our [C] hearts [G] will always be, [D]
[Em] will ever part.
[G] And what we hold [D]
[Gb] [Em] within our hands
[C] [G] Will quickly turn [D] [Em] to smoke and sand
[G] So let it go, [D] [Gbm]
[Em] oh let it go [Am] [G]
Oh let go, [D]
[Em] oh let go
[C]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [Em]
[C] [G] [D]
[Em] And [C] what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let [G] it
[D] go, [Em] oh let it [C] go Oh let [G] go, oh let [D] go
And what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let it go, oh let it go Oh let go, oh let go
[Em]
[C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[G]
[D] [Em]
And [C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[C] [G] what we hold [D]
[Em] within our [G] hands Will quickly [Em] turn [D]
[Gbm] [Em] to smoke and sand
[C]
[G] So let it go, [D] [Em] let it [C] fade [G] Let it stay [D] [Gb] [Em] and slip away
[G] And may your [Em] soul [D]
[Em] be at [C] rest [G]
[Cm] [G] Rich in love and [Gb] rich [D] in joy
And [Gb] rich [Em] in truth and truly [G] blessed Truly, truly blessed
[Bb] [Am] [G]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[Bb] [Am] [Eb]
[D] [G]
[Bb] [Am] [G]
[Bb] [Am] [G]
[Bb] [Am]
[Bb] [G] [Bb]
[G] I've kept [Bb] my mouth [D] shut too [G] long, begging for [Bb]
scraps [Am] down [G] here at the bottom.
And though I [Bb] know in [G] my mouth I'll suffer the harms, I just let [Bb] the whole [D] night out [G] no more.
Cause I'm sure that the weak and the poor [Bb] got something [F] to say, [G] but they can't press on nobody listens.
And the man with the hell of a [Bb] plan, can't do nothing but [F] the sins, but [G] they're stuck in the back washing dishes.
It don't [Bb] seem right [D] that some work to be [G] the guy, and some never have to work a single [Bb] day in their lives.
Oh [D] somebody tell me why I [F] get paid, [C] half as much to [G] work, all are twice [F] as hard.
[C] Cause all these [G] yuppie jerks, all are just [F] because, [Am] underwear, a [G] suit and a tie.
[D] Am I out [A] of my mind, [D] to wish that I [G] was penniless, so that I could [Bm] rest.
All these money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [Db] less.
All these worries, [A] take my [F] life away, there goes another day, [C] working minimum wage.
I trip over sides, I scream, [Eb] but I'm putting up a great, I think it would be best, [D] if we [Gb] all [Bm] were [Gb] just [G] more penniless.
[Bb]
[D] [G] [Bb]
[D] [G] See, depending is a rope, the mean is a [Bb] joke, cause the wealthiest [D] ones, mentalist, [G] perpetually other, unhealthiest ones, the trust funds, ain't gonna save a [Bb] month, the judge make up, we [C] just watch and [G] learn.
Look at the tidal waves coming, and it's gonna break, [Bb] a tickle, but y'all like the rips, [Am] see from the truth [G] and it's right.
Cause in this system about to fail, let the treacherous [Bb] prevail, but to innocent and [C] dead watches, I'm burning the [D] stake.
But I, [F] I know, [C] the day I'm coming [G] in, where the breeze will [F] blow.
[C] Take this all [G] away, oh yeah, and [F] in time, [Em] everything [C] will be [G] okay, if [D] we can just find [A] a [D] way, to [E] stay, [D] [C] any less.
All the acrobatics, [Bm] all these [D] money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [E] less.
All these [G] [A] worries, take [F] my life away, there goes another [C] day, working minimum wage.
I'm trapped up inside this [Eb] cage, where I'm put in the grave, I think it would be best, [Bm] if we all were just [G] more, any less.
[D] [E]
[Em] [C] [G]
La la la la la, [Em] [D]
[Gb] [Em] la la la la la la,
[Am] [G] la la la la la, [Em]
[D] [Em] la la la,
[C] [G] And what we hold [D] [Em] within our [C] hearts [G] will always be, [D]
[Em] will ever part.
[G] And what we hold [D]
[Gb] [Em] within our hands
[C] [G] Will quickly turn [D] [Em] to smoke and sand
[G] So let it go, [D] [Gbm]
[Em] oh let it go [Am] [G]
Oh let go, [D]
[Em] oh let go
[C]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [Em]
[C] [G] [D]
[Em] And [C] what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let [G] it
[D] go, [Em] oh let it [C] go Oh let [G] go, oh let [D] go
And what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let it go, oh let it go Oh let go, oh let go
[Em]
[C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[G]
[D] [Em]
And [C] [G]
[D] [Em]
[C] [G] what we hold [D]
[Em] within our [G] hands Will quickly [Em] turn [D]
[Gbm] [Em] to smoke and sand
[C]
[G] So let it go, [D] [Em] let it [C] fade [G] Let it stay [D] [Gb] [Em] and slip away
[G] And may your [Em] soul [D]
[Em] be at [C] rest [G]
[Cm] [G] Rich in love and [Gb] rich [D] in joy
And [Gb] rich [Em] in truth and truly [G] blessed Truly, truly blessed
[Bb] [Am] [G]
[Bb] [C] [G]
[Bb] [G]
[Bb] [Am] [Eb]
[D] [G]
Key:
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ I've kept [Bb] my mouth [D] shut too [G] long, _ begging for [Bb]
scraps [Am] down [G] here at the bottom.
_ And though I [Bb] know in [G] my mouth I'll suffer the harms, I just let [Bb] the whole [D] night out [G] no more.
Cause I'm sure that the weak and the poor [Bb] got something [F] to say, [G] but they can't press on nobody listens.
And the man with the hell of a [Bb] plan, can't do nothing but [F] the sins, but [G] they're stuck in the back washing dishes. _
It don't [Bb] seem right [D] that some work to be [G] the guy, and some never have to work a single [Bb] day in their lives.
Oh [D] somebody tell me why I [F] get paid, [C] half as much to [G] work, all are twice [F] as hard.
[C] Cause all these [G] yuppie jerks, all are just [F] because, _ [Am] underwear, a [G] suit and a tie.
[D] Am I out [A] of my mind, [D] to wish that I [G] was penniless, so that I could [Bm] rest.
All these money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [Db] less.
All these worries, [A] take my [F] life away, there goes another day, [C] working minimum wage.
I trip over sides, I scream, [Eb] but I'm putting up a great, I think it would be best, [D] if we [Gb] all [Bm] were [Gb] just [G] more penniless.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ [G] See, depending is a rope, the mean is a [Bb] joke, cause the wealthiest [D] ones, mentalist, [G] perpetually other, unhealthiest ones, the trust funds, ain't gonna save a [Bb] month, the judge make up, we [C] just watch and [G] learn.
Look at the tidal waves coming, and it's gonna break, [Bb] a tickle, but y'all like the rips, [Am] see from the truth [G] and it's right.
Cause in this system about to fail, let the treacherous [Bb] prevail, but to innocent and [C] dead watches, I'm burning the [D] stake.
But I, [F] I know, [C] the day I'm coming [G] in, where the breeze will [F] blow.
[C] Take this all [G] away, oh yeah, and [F] in time, [Em] everything [C] will be [G] okay, if [D] we can just find [A] a [D] way, to [E] stay, [D] _ _ [C] any less.
All the acrobatics, [Bm] all these [D] money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [E] less.
All these [G] [A] worries, take [F] my life away, there goes another [C] day, working minimum wage.
I'm trapped up inside this [Eb] cage, where I'm put in the grave, I think it would be best, [Bm] if we all were just [G] more, any _ less.
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
La la la la la, [Em] _ [D] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Em] la la la la la la, _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ la la la la la, [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] la la la, _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ And what we hold _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] within our [C] hearts [G] _ _ will always _ be, [D] _ _ _
[Em] will ever part.
[G] And _ _ what we hold [D] _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Em] within our hands _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ Will quickly turn [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] to smoke and sand
[G] So _ _ let it go, [D] _ _ _ [Gbm] _
[Em] oh let it go _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ Oh let go, _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] oh let go
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ And [C] what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let [G] _ _ _ it _
[D] _ go, [Em] oh let it [C] go Oh let [G] go, _ _ oh let [D] go
And what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let it go, oh let it go Oh let go, oh let go
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
And [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ what we _ hold [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] within our _ [G] hands _ _ Will quickly _ [Em] turn [D] _ _
_ [Gbm] [Em] to smoke and sand
[C]
[G] So _ _ _ let it go, [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] let it [C] fade [G] _ Let _ _ it stay _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] [Em] and slip away
_ [G] _ _ And may your [Em] soul _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] be at _ [C] rest [G] _
_ [Cm] _ [G] _ Rich in love and [Gb] rich [D] in joy
And [Gb] rich [Em] in truth and truly [G] blessed Truly, _ _ truly blessed _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _
[Bb] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ I've kept [Bb] my mouth [D] shut too [G] long, _ begging for [Bb]
scraps [Am] down [G] here at the bottom.
_ And though I [Bb] know in [G] my mouth I'll suffer the harms, I just let [Bb] the whole [D] night out [G] no more.
Cause I'm sure that the weak and the poor [Bb] got something [F] to say, [G] but they can't press on nobody listens.
And the man with the hell of a [Bb] plan, can't do nothing but [F] the sins, but [G] they're stuck in the back washing dishes. _
It don't [Bb] seem right [D] that some work to be [G] the guy, and some never have to work a single [Bb] day in their lives.
Oh [D] somebody tell me why I [F] get paid, [C] half as much to [G] work, all are twice [F] as hard.
[C] Cause all these [G] yuppie jerks, all are just [F] because, _ [Am] underwear, a [G] suit and a tie.
[D] Am I out [A] of my mind, [D] to wish that I [G] was penniless, so that I could [Bm] rest.
All these money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [Db] less.
All these worries, [A] take my [F] life away, there goes another day, [C] working minimum wage.
I trip over sides, I scream, [Eb] but I'm putting up a great, I think it would be best, [D] if we [Gb] all [Bm] were [Gb] just [G] more penniless.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ [G] See, depending is a rope, the mean is a [Bb] joke, cause the wealthiest [D] ones, mentalist, [G] perpetually other, unhealthiest ones, the trust funds, ain't gonna save a [Bb] month, the judge make up, we [C] just watch and [G] learn.
Look at the tidal waves coming, and it's gonna break, [Bb] a tickle, but y'all like the rips, [Am] see from the truth [G] and it's right.
Cause in this system about to fail, let the treacherous [Bb] prevail, but to innocent and [C] dead watches, I'm burning the [D] stake.
But I, [F] I know, [C] the day I'm coming [G] in, where the breeze will [F] blow.
[C] Take this all [G] away, oh yeah, and [F] in time, [Em] everything [C] will be [G] okay, if [D] we can just find [A] a [D] way, to [E] stay, [D] _ _ [C] any less.
All the acrobatics, [Bm] all these [D] money troubles, keep me stressed, [Bb] always wanting more, and never [E] less.
All these [G] [A] worries, take [F] my life away, there goes another [C] day, working minimum wage.
I'm trapped up inside this [Eb] cage, where I'm put in the grave, I think it would be best, [Bm] if we all were just [G] more, any _ less.
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
La la la la la, [Em] _ [D] _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Em] la la la la la la, _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ la la la la la, [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] la la la, _ _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ And what we hold _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] within our [C] hearts [G] _ _ will always _ be, [D] _ _ _
[Em] will ever part.
[G] And _ _ what we hold [D] _
_ _ [Gb] _ [Em] within our hands _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ Will quickly turn [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] to smoke and sand
[G] So _ _ let it go, [D] _ _ _ [Gbm] _
[Em] oh let it go _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ Oh let go, _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] oh let go
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ And [C] what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let [G] _ _ _ it _
[D] _ go, [Em] oh let it [C] go Oh let [G] go, _ _ oh let [D] go
And what we hold within our hands Will quickly turn to smoke and sand
So let it go, oh let it go Oh let go, oh let go
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
And [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ what we _ hold [D] _ _ _ _
[Em] within our _ [G] hands _ _ Will quickly _ [Em] turn [D] _ _
_ [Gbm] [Em] to smoke and sand
[C]
[G] So _ _ _ let it go, [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] let it [C] fade [G] _ Let _ _ it stay _ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] [Em] and slip away
_ [G] _ _ And may your [Em] soul _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] be at _ [C] rest [G] _
_ [Cm] _ [G] _ Rich in love and [Gb] rich [D] in joy
And [Gb] rich [Em] in truth and truly [G] blessed Truly, _ _ truly blessed _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _