Art for arts sake    (video)    (intro)

 

    Em - A - Em - A (2x)

 

     Em                         A

1. Gimme your body, gimme your mind,

    Em                        A

    open your heart, pull down your blind.

      C

    Gimme your love, gimme it all,

    Em                              C7

    gimme in the kitchen, gimme in the hall.

 

 D                A        A                        G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

  D               A         A                       G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

 

     Em                          A

2. Gimme the readys, gimme the cash,

    Em                      A

    gimme a bullet, gimme a smash.

      C

    Gimme a silver, gimme a gold,

      Em                             C7

    make it a million for when I get old.

 

 D                A        A                        G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

  D               A         A                       G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

 

      Bm                    E               Bm                  E

    Money talks, so listen to it, money talks to me,

    Bm                E                    Bm                     A          B

    anyone can understand it, money can't be beat, oh no.

 

+ Em - A - Em - A  (2x)

 

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    When you get down, down to the root,

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    don't give a damn, don't give a hoot,       

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    still gotta keep makin the loot, Chauffeur driven.

 

 

 

 

 

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    Gotta make her, quick as you can,

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    give her lovin' make you a man

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    get her in the palm of your hand, Bread from Heaven.

 

+ Em - A - Em - A 

 

     Em                                 A

3. Gimme a country, where I can be free,

    Em                                A

    don’t need the unions burying me.

       C

    Keep me in exile the rest of my days,

     Em                               C7

    burn me in hell, but as long as it pays.

 

 D                A        A                        G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

  D               A         A                       G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

  D               A         A                       G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

  D               A         A                       G

Art for arts sake, money for God’s sake.

 

+ Bm - E - Bm - E ...

 

 (orig. = capo 3rd)    (10cc)