The Greatest Man That Ever Lived

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Weezer
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
The Red Album
2008
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@gmail.com
Key: Ab
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Ab
- 466544
Eb
- x68886
Db
- x46664
Bbm
- x13321
Cm
- x35543
Eb/G
- 365xxx
C
- x32010
Fm
- 133111
[Intro]
Ab Cm Db Ab Eb Bbm Eb Bbm
Ab Cm Db Ab Eb Cm Db Ab
[Verse 1]
Ab
You try to play it cool like you just don't care
Ab
But soon I'll be playing in your underwear
Ab
I'm like a mage with the magic spell
Ab
You come like a dog when I ring your bell
Ab Cm
I got the money and I got the fame
Db Ab
You've got the hots to ride on my plane
Eb Cm
You've given me all that I desire
Ab
Cuz down with me I'm taking you higher
[Chorus 1]
Ab Eb/G
I'm baddest of the bad
Db Ab
I'm the best that you've ever had
Eb Bbm
I'm the tops I'm the king
Eb Db
All the girls get up when I sing
Ab Eb/G
I'm the meanest in the place
Db Ab
Step up I'll mess with your face
Eb Cm
I don't care where you are
Db Ab
Look up and follow this star
[Verse 2]
Ab Eb/G Db Ab Eb Bbm
I I'm gonna tear down the wall
Eb Db Ab Eb/G Db
I may not be here when you call
Ab Eb Bbm Eb Db
So best be giving me your all oo hoo
[Chorus 2]
Ab Cm Db Ab
After the havoc that I'm gonna wreak
Eb Bbm
No more words will critics have to speak
Ab Cm
I've got the answers
Db Ab
To the tangled knot
Eb Cm Db Ab
Sleep tight in your cot
[Verse 3]
Ab Eb/G Db Ab
Oh baby I've been told that I'm going crazy
Eb Bbm Eb Db
Oh baby well I can't be held down
Ab Eb/G Db Ab
Oh baby somehow I'm keeping it steady
Eb Cm Db Ab
Oh baby I'm tearing up this town
[Chorus 3]
Ab Eb/G Db Ab
Hey this is what I like
Eb Cm Db Ab
Cut my heart with a martyr's spike
Ab Eb/G Db Ab
Hey this is nothing new
Eb Cm Db Ab
I've got more than enough for you
[Bridge]
Ab
I can take on anybody
Db Ab
I can do my thing
Eb Ab
I don't want to hurt nobody
C Fm
But a bee has got to sting
Bbm Eb
I'mma fix it if you mix it up hoo hoo
Bbm Eb
Talk smack and I'm a gonna shut you up hoo hoo
[Chorus 4]
Ab Eb/G Db Ab
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Eb Cm Db Ab
I was born to give
Ab Eb/G Db Ab
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Eb Cm Db Ab
Oh radioactive
[Verse 4]
Ab Eb/G Db
Somebody said all the world is a stage and each of us is a player
Ab
That's what I've been trying to tell you
Ab Eb/G Db
In act one I was struggling to survive Nobody wanted my action dead or alive
Ab Ab Eb/G
In act two I hit the big time and bodies be all up on my behind
Db Ab
And I can't help myself cuz I was born to shine
Ab Eb/G
If you don't like it you can shove it But you don't like it you love it
Db Ab
So I'll be up here in a rage until they put the curtain down on the stage
[Chorus 5]
Ab Eb/G Bbm Eb Db Eb Fm Eb/G Ab Eb/G
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Ab Eb Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Ab Eb Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab Ab
I am the greatest man that ever lived
[Chorus 6]
Ab Cm Db Ab
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Eb Db
I was born to give and give and give
Ab Cm Db Ab
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Ab Cm Eb Cm Eb Cm Eb Cm
Radioac dioac dioac dioac
Ab Cm Db Ab
I am the greatest man that ever lived
Eb Cm Db Db Db Db Ab Ab
I was born to give Hope

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Weezer
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived
The Red Album
2008
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@gmail.com
Key: Ab
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Ab -   466544
Eb -   x68886
Db -   x46664
Bbm -  x13321
Cm -   x35543
Eb/G - 365xxx
C -    x32010
Fm -   133111
[Intro]
Ab Cm Db Ab Eb Bbm Eb Bbm
Ab Cm Db Ab Eb Cm Db Ab
[Verse 1]
[Chorus 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 2]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus 3]
[Bridge]
[Chorus 4]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus 5]
[Chorus 6]

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