The Critic Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Bm][C][D][G][Bm][C][D]
[G][C]
[C#dim][D]

[Verse 1]
Tell it like it [D]is
He gets [G]up [D]real [Bm]early [D]on
[C]his morn[D]in' drive
[G]Down to the [Bm]office for [D]his 9 to 5
He drives [G]a 94, 2 ton,
[D]economy [C#dim]car[D]
Loves to tell the local bands down
at the bar that he's the [G]critic
[Bm]Yea,[D]

[Verse 2]
[C]I can hook you up,[C#dim]
[D]I know everybody, in the business

[Verse 3]
He flunked [G]ju nior [D]high [Bm]band
he couldn't [D]march in time
He tried to write [G]a song once,
he [C]couldn't make [D]it rhyme
He went [G]two or three [D]chords
on [C]a pawn shop [D]guitar
He just never quite had what it took to be a star,
so [A]he's a crit[G]ic

[Verse 4]
I work [C]for the gazette
[C#dim]man I got a[D] real job

[Verse 5]
He did [C]a 5- star column on
a [G]band he never heard
[D]He did a bluegrass review
about an [G]un [C]kind [G]word
He [C]thought it was time to
ask his [G]boss for a raise
His [Em]boss [A]said I can[Em]'t even tell if any
[A]body's even [D]readin' your page
Yeah
[G][Bm][C]

[Verse 6]
[D]
So he [Em]thought[D][Bm]
And he [D]thought a little more

[Verse 7]
He [G]caught a [D]young [Bm]hot [D]star
headin' into town
And then he [G]hid behind his [Bm]typewriter
and [C]gunned the [D]boy down
[G]Here [D]come the letter[C]s, the e- mails,
[C#dim]the faxes, they raise[D]d him to 20,000 dollars after t[Bm]axes[A][G]

[Verse 8]
He's a happy [C]critic[D][G]
He's rollin [D]in the dough[C][D]
Man I [G]could do this forever
This is [Bm]easy [C]eve[D]rybody's
readin' [G]my column

[Verse 9]
Please don't tell my [C]mom,
[D]that I write the music column f[Bm]or the gazett[G]e[C]
[D]She still [G]thinks I play piano down
[C]at [D]the [G]cathouse

[Verse 10]
Let's get funky with this now [C]boys
Play [D]it [G]on out

[Verse 11]
[C]Come on [D]Shannon[G][C]
There's [D]ole biff jumpin' [G]in[C][D]
?? Is layin' [G]it down
[C]Come on [D]Shannon[G][C]
[D]Aww yea[G], my man Ste[C]ve[D][G][C]
[D]Man my fingers a[G]re gettin'
tired
Y'all gonna have to hurry
[C]This snappin' thi[D]ng
[G]Wearin' me out
[C][D]

[Verse 12]
[G]
Hello [C]Shannon[D]
[G]Guess he's on coffee[C]
break [D]man
They're gonna [G]love [C]you [D]'cause
they [G]already love [C]me[D]
(Yeah)

[Verse 13]
[G]It's the critic

[Outro 1]
[C][D][G][C][D][G]
[C][D][G][C][D][G][Bm]
[C][D][G][C][D][G]
[C][D][G][D][C][D][G]
[C][Eb][D][G]