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Im The Greatest

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Eminor

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
Em       x-x-2-0-0-0
Em/D     x-x-0-0-0-0
C#m7b5   x-4-2-0-0-0 
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[riff]
  C1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  D71 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|--5-5---5-5-----|----------------|
A|--3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5-035-|
E|----------------|----------------|
[  E]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|2-1-0-----------|
A|------4-3-2-123-|
E|----------------|
[last riff]
 4/4              5/4                  4/4
  D71 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +  D71 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|------5-5---5-5-----|----------------|----------------|
A|5-0---3---5---0-|--3---3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5---0-|--3-----3-2-1-0-|
E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
[Outro]
  A71 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  A71 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
B|----2-----------|----1-----------|----2-----------|----1-----------|
G|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
D|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
A|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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[Intro]
|  B7| % |
[Verse 1]
B7When I was a little boy
B7Way back home in Liverpool,
    Em  Em/DMy mama C#m7b5told me, I was great    C  D7[riff]
[Verse 2]
  B7Then when I was a teenager,
I B7knew that I had got something going,
    Em  Em/DAll my friends C#m7b5told me, I was great    C  D7[riff]
[Verse 3]
  B7And now I'm a man
A B7woman took me by the hand
  EmAnd you Em/Dknow what she C#m7b5told me? I was great   C[rD7iff]
[Bridge]
  DI was in the greatest show on earth,
  DFor what it was worth
  ENow I'm only thirty-two
                     EX X                   [  E]           
  And all I wanna do,    is boogaloo, hey!  (link)
[Verse 4]
  B7I look in the mirror
  B7I saw my wife and kids
  EmAnd you Em/Dknow what they C#m7b5told me? I was great   C[rD7iff]
[Bridge]
  DYes, my name is Billy Shears,
You know it Dhas been for so many years,
  ENow I'm only thirty-two 
                    EX X                     [  E]    
  And all I wanna do,    is boogaloo, hey!  (link)
[Solo]
|  B7| % | % | % |
                             5/4
|  Em   Em/D|  C#m7b5|  C|  D7|  C|  D7  
                        (last riff)        
I'm the greatest and you better believe it, baby.
[Outro]
|  A7|  C|  A7|  C|
[Outro ad lib vocals]
I will be the greatest
In this world
In the next world
And in any world you can find
Alright, alright, alright ...

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Im The Greatest

by Ringo Starr

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em/D

C#m7b5

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Tuning: Standard

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

Em x-x-2-0-0-0

Em/D x-x-0-0-0-0

C#m7b5 x-4-2-0-0-0

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[riff]

C D7

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|

D|--5-5---5-5-----|----------------|

A|--3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5-035-|

E|----------------|----------------|

[ ]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|

B|----------------|

G|----------------|

D|2-1-0-----------|

A|------4-3-2-123-|

E|----------------|

[last riff]

4/4 5/4 4/4

D7 C D7

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|

G|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|

D|----------------|------5-5---5-5-----|----------------|----------------|

A|5-0---3---5---0-|--3---3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5---0-|--3-----3-2-1-0-|

E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|

[Outro]

A7 C A7 C

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|

B|----2-----------|----1-----------|----2-----------|----1-----------|

G|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|

D|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|

A|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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[Intro]

| | % |

[Verse 1]

When I was a little boy

Way back home in Liverpool,

Em Em/D C#m7b5 C D7

My mama told me, I was great [riff]

[Verse 2]

Then when I was a teenager,

I knew that I had got something going,

Em Em/D C#m7b5 C D7

All my friends told me, I was great [riff]

[Verse 3]

And now I'm a man

A woman took me by the hand

Em Em/D C#m7b5 C D7

And you know what she told me? I was great [riff]

[Bridge]

I was in the greatest show on earth,

For what it was worth

Now I'm only thirty-two

E E

X X [ ]

And all I wanna do, is boogaloo, hey! (link)

[Verse 4]

I look in the mirror

I saw my wife and kids

Em Em/D C#m7b5 C D7

And you know what they told me? I was great [riff]

[Bridge]

Yes, my name is Billy Shears,

You know it has been for so many years,

Now I'm only thirty-two

E E

X X [ ]

And all I wanna do, is boogaloo, hey! (link)

[Solo]

| | % | % | % |

5/4

Em Em/D C#m7b5 C D7 C D7

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(last riff)

I'm the greatest and you better believe it, baby.

[Outro]

A7 C A7 C

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[Outro ad lib vocals]

I will be the greatest

In this world

In the next world

And in any world you can find

Alright, alright, alright ...

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