Dire Straits - Millionaire Blues
Tabbed By: Glenn Gervais
Tuning: Standard
Dire Straits released "Millionaire Blues" as a B side to "Calling Elvis."
It's a bluesy tune with great tongue-in-cheek lyrics. You can listen to it on YT here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgZ4iFccW8
[Intro]
Bm
[Verse]
Bm
I woke up this morning, my Jacuzzi wouldn't work
Bm
Then the butler quit on me, man, can you believe it? Jerk!
Bm
Must've been my artistic temperament he couldn't take
Bm
How come nobody wants to give me a break?
[Chorus]
Em Bm
I got the blues right there, mean and low
F#
I'm as low as the heels of my alligator shoes
G F# F# F#
You should know how it feels
Bm
to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# F# F#
Millionaire blues
[Verse]
Bm
Well, I found one of my bathrooms and I made it to the sink
Bm
I called one of my managers up and I poured myself a drink
Bm Bm
Oh, I swear I'd kill that little weasel if I could
N.C.
Checked myself in the mirror, my hair was looking good, but
[Chorus]
Em Bm
I had the blues right there, mean and mean and mean and low
F#
As low as the heels on my alligator shoes
G F# F# F# Bm
You should know how it feels to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# F# F#
Millionaire blues
Get down!
[Solo]
(played over verse and chorus chords)
Bm
Em Bm
F# G F#
Bm Em G F#
[Verse]
Bm
Well, so much for breakfast, I couldn't face lunch
Bm
I thought I'd raise my spirits with a little champagne brunch
Bm Bm
I take the Lamborghini, the flunky parks the car
N.C.
Can you believe it, man, this other monkey won't let me in the bar!
[Chorus]
Em
I said, I said, 'Don't you know who I am, man?'
Bm
And he says, 'No', no! Can you believe it?
F#
I'm as low as the heels of these alligator shoes
G F# F# F# Bm
You should know how it feels... to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# Bm
Millionaire blues... to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# F# F#
Millionaire blues
[Outro]
Bm
Bad, bad! ... That's bad! ... Yeah. So hard ... It's hard sometimes for a boy.
Bm
Ah, I like that! ... That's good ... Get down! ... You're making a very big mistake, man
Bm
Oh yeah ... You'll never work in this town again ... All right
