Its Money That Matters

This is my first post of chords, so I'm praying

the lines w/ chords and the lines w/ words roughly

match up.

Someone (sorry didn't catch name, cause I'm new

to this game) posted a request for the chords to

"It's Money That Matters" by Randy Newman, from the

recording "Land of Dreams" (Reprise 25773--a few bad tunes, but a few

really great tunes, so buy it!). The

poster can e-mail me for clarification.

I welcome all corrections, suggestions, praise, and flames at my

e-mail address.

Here is a condensation of the chords for the

tune. It's pretty much a "cycle" tune, so I didn't include all lyrics

and verses.

Notes: The verse merely cycles through D-A-G-D

(with two beats per chord, but note that the D

chord repeats at beginning and end of each cycle). What Newman

calls the Chorus (where he sings "It's money that

matters") follows the same D-A-G-D pattern.

What I have called Bridge I is pretty

straightforward, but what I have called Bridge II

is actually a little riff section, so the chords

are deceptive. I will spell the notes in the "C-no third" riff

(pretty wimpy thing to call a riff) so you can get

it a little better. For the "C no third" chord,

don't even bother playing a chord, just play the

riff notes, duplicated in all the octaves you can

spare (within reason).

Bridge I appears only once in the song. Bridge

II comes twice: once after Bridge I (and a short turnaround), and once

after the third verse.

You're on your own to sound like Mark Knopfler

does on the recording.

It's Money That Matters

Randy Newman

Of all of the people

that I used to know

Most never adjusted

to the great big world

etc.

BRIDGE I

All of these people are much brighter than I

In any fair system they would flourish and thrive

But they barely survive

They eke out a living

And they barely survive

Bmin A G D/F# (<- turnaround into first occurence of Bridge II)

Bridge II

A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)

When I was a young boy

A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)

Maybe thirteen

A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)

I took a hard look around me

A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)

and asked what does it mean?

So I talked to my father

and he didn't know.

etc.

(Note: Bridge II repeats after third verse)

[I checked the layout after I pulled this into my news editor,and the

chords and lines seem to match up pretty well. We'll see how well it nets.]