Looking after No 1 (video) (sample)

C-G D

1. The world owes me a living,

C-G D

I waited on this dole queue too long,

C-G D

I've been standin' in the rain for fifteen minutes,

C G D

that's a quarter of an hour too long.

G D G D

Oh oh ho, oh oh ho.

D

2. I'll take all they can give me,

C-G D

and then I'm gonna ask for more,

C-G D

‘cos the money's buried deep in the bank of England,

C G D

and I want the key to the vault.

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I'm gonna take your money!

C D G - C - D ~

Count your loss when I'm gone.

G-C-Em - - - - - - - - - - - C D G

I'm alright Jack ! Lookin' after number one.

C-G D

3. If I want something I get it,

C-G D

don't matter what I have to do.

C-G D

I'll step on your face, on your mother's grave,

C G D

never underestimate me, I'm nobody's fool.

G D G D

Oh oh ho, oh oh ho.

D

4. I don't owe no-one nothing,

C-G D

if it's me, they must come to.

C-G - D - D - D

Stop, think, look, baby !

C G D

I always get what I want, and I want to get you.

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I'm gonna take your money!

C D G - C - D ~

Count your loss when I'm gone.

G-C-Em - - - - - - - - - - - C D G

I'm alright Jack ! Lookin' after number one.

D G D G

I….I don't wanna be like you, I….I don't wanna live like you,

D G C G D

I….I don't wanna talk like you, you, you at all !

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Number one !

D-A E

4. Don't give me love thy neighbour,

D-A E

don't give me charity,

D-A E

don't give me peace and love or the good lord above,

D A E

you only get in my way with your stupid ideas

A E A E

Oh oh ho, oh oh ho.

E

5. I am an island

D-A E

entire of myself

D-A E

and when I get old, older than today

D A E

I'll never need anybody's help in any way.

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I'm gonna take your money!

D E A - D - E ~

Count your loss when I'm gone.

A-D-F#m - - - - - - - - - - - D E A

I'm alright Jack ! Lookin' after number one.

E A E A

I….I don't wanna be like you, I….I don't wanna live like you,

E A D A - E

I….I don't wanna talk like you, you, you !

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I'm gonna be like, I'm gonna be like, I'm gonna be like - Me!

(orig. = capo 2nd) (Boomtown Rats)