Chords with lyrics
Key: 'A'
Intro:
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm Am7Am7
DmDm Am7Am7 DmDm Am7Am7
First part:
DmDm Am7Am7 Bb majorBb C majorC
At first I didn't realize
FF
I needed all this stuff
DmDm G minorGm
I had a little cottage
A augmentedA DmDm Am7Am7
And that cottage was enough
DmDm Am7Am7 Bb majorBb C majorC
A augmentedA place where I could sit and knit
FF
A augmentedA place where I could sell my Thneeds
A augmentedA DmDm
But now I've had a little time
Bb majorBb FF
To re-assess my needs
Pré-Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
And I need a bigger office
G minorGm
I need a bigger chair
Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA bigger desk, a bigger staff
G minorGm
A augmentedA bigger hat to wear
Chorus:
AbAb F minorFm
Because I'm biggering
C minorCm Bb majorBb
I'm figuring I'm biggering
AbAb F minorFm
And biggering is triggering
G+G C minorCm
More biggering
Second part:
C minorCm
Hey, listen up, meathead
C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
I'm going to say this once, and I'm not gonna repeat it
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Greed ya see, it's like a little pet, alright?
C minorCm F minorFm
And the more and more and more that you go and feed it
G+G C minorCm
The more hungry it'll get!
C minorCm AbAb
But you know, you really can't blame greed
Bb majorBb
No, that's stupid
Eb MajorEb
You see, it's gotta worm inside
G+G
Oh yeah, that's right
C minorCm
It's one that always needs to feed
AbAb Eb MajorEb
And it is never satisfied
You get it?
DbDb
But the more you try to find it
F minorFm
The more it likes to hide
F minorFm DbDb
Now listen--that is a NASTY little worm
F minorFm
And I like to call it "pride."
GbGb
See, now that's why you're biggering!
EbmEbm
Listen here, idiot!
BbmBbm
And figuring on biggering!
GbGb EbmEbm FF
But that biggering's just triggering more biggering!
A minorAm
Got that? Alright!
(AbAb A minorAm AbAb G+G E minorEm)
Second part:
E minorEm C majorC
There is a principle of nature
D MajorD E minorEm
That most every creature knows
E minorEm C majorC
It's called survival of the fittest
BB E minorEm
And this is how it goes
E minorEm C majorC
The animal that wins has got to
D MajorD E minorEm
Claw and bite and kick and punch
BB E minorEm C majorC G+G
The animal that doesn't Winds up someone else's lunch
FF
A augmentedA company's an animal
A minorAm
That's trying to survive
FF
It's struggling, and fighting
A minorAm
Just to keep itself alive
Chorus:
Bb majorBb G minorGm
I must keep biggering
DmDm C majorC
I'm figuring I'm biggering
Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm
Though biggering is triggering more biggering
E MajorE
I won't stop!
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Biggering
DmDm C majorC
I'm figuring I'm biggering
Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm C majorC
And biggering is triggering more biggering
Final:
Bb majorBb
And the customers are buying
G minorGm
And the money multiplying
DmDm
And the PR people lying
C majorC
And the lawyers are denying
Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm E MajorE
Who cares if some things are dying?
Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm C majorC
I don't wanna hear your crying!
Bb majorBb G minorGm DmDm
This is all so gratifying
Final: A augmentedA FF E MajorE DbmDbm
C majorC A augmentedA GbmGbm AbAb