I Will Buy You a New Life
View chords used in this chart
E A D G B e
A5 - X 0 2 2 X X
B5 - X 2 4 4 X X
C5 - X 3 5 5 X X
E5 - 0 2 2 X X X
G5 - 3 5 5 X X X
[INTRO]
(Bass)
G|---------------------------| G|-----------------------|
D|---------------------------| (x3) D|-----------------------|
A|---------------------------| then: A|-----------------------|
E|--3---3---3---3-3---3---3--| E|--3---3---3---3-3---3--|
[VERSE 1]
e|-------------| I know this isn't all of it,
B|-------------| but I couldn't figure out
G|------4---2--| the rest. This is the main
D|--5----------| part. Please e-mail me if
A|-------------| you figure out the rest.
E|-------------| <markriggs@mindless.com>
Here is the money that I owe you
So you can pay the bills
I will give you more
When I get paid again
I hate those people who love to tell you
Money is the root of all that kills
They have never been poor
They have never had the joy
Of a welfare Christmas
[INTERLUDE]
G5
Yeah
I know we will never look back
Yeah
[VERSE 2]
G5 B5 [A5] G5
You say you wake up crying
B5 [A5] G5
Yes and you don't know why
B5 [A5]
You get up and you go lay down
C5 [B5] A5
Inside my baby's room
G5 B5 [A] G5
I guess I'm doing ok
B5 [A5] G5
I moved in with the strangest guy
B5
Can you believe
[A5] C5
He actually thinks
That I am really alive
[CHORUS 1]
G5 B5 E5
I will buy you a garden
C5 [B5] G5
Where your flowers can bloom
B5 E5
I will buy you a new car
C5 [B5] G5
Perfect shiny and new
B5 E5
I will buy you that big house
C5 [B5] G5
Way up in the west hills
B5 C5
I will buy you a new life
G5
Yes I will
B5 [A5] G5 B5
[VERSE 3]
G5 B5 [A5] G5
I know all about that other guy
B5 [A5] G5
The handsome man with athletic thighs
B5 [A5] C5
I know about all the times before
[B5] A5
With that obsessive little rich boy
G5 B5 [A5] G5
They might make you think you're happy
B5 [A5] G5
Yeah maybe for a minute or two
B5 [A5]
They can't make you laugh
C5
No they can't make you feel
The way that I do
[CHORUS 2]
G5 B5 E5
I will buy you a garden
C5 [B5] G5
Where your flowers can bloom
B5 E5
I will buy you a new car
C5 [B5] G5
Perfect shiny and new
B5 E5
I will buy you that big house
C5 [B5] G5
Way up in the west hills
B5 C5
I will buy you a new life
G5
Yeah
B5 C5
I will buy you a new life
[BRIDGE]
G5
I know we can never look back
Will you please let me stay the night
No one will ever know
[CHORUS 3]
(No guitar)
I will buy you a garden
Where your flowers can bloom
I will buy you a new car
Perfect shiny and new
I will buy you that big house
Way up in the west hills
I will buy you a new life
[CHORUS 4]
G5 B5 E5
I will buy you a garden
C5 [B5] G5
Where your flowers can bloom
B5 E5
I will buy you a new car
C5 [B5] G5
Perfect shiny and new
B5 E5
I will buy you that big house
C5 [B5] G5
Way up in the west hills
B5 C5
I will buy you a new life
[OUTRO]
G5 B5 C5
I will buy you a new life...
How to play I Will Buy You a New Life
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.