Weezer
The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations On A Shaker Hymn)
Red Album (2008)

Tune down 1/2 step


(foule)

A  E/G♯  D  A  E  Bm   E  D                                "piano"
                                 w/ mélodie
A  E/G♯  D  A  E  C♯m  D  A                                (police)


    a
You try to play cool like you just don't care              "rap"
But soon I'll be playin' in your underwear
a
I'm like the mage with the magic spell
You come like a dog when I ring yo' bell

a                                                          w/ piano
I got the money and I got the fame
You got the hots to ride on my plane
    e
You givin' me all that I desire
'Cos down with me I'm takin' you higher


I'm the baddest of the bad                                 "métal"  xxX
I'm the best that you've ever had
I'm the tops, I'm the king
All the girls get up when I sing yeah

I'm the meanest in the place
Step up, I'll mess with your face
I don't care where you are
Look up and follow the star


Aaah, I'm gonna tear down the wall                         "acoustique"
I may not be here when you call
So best be givin' me your all                              (1re finale)
Oo oo ooh


(After the havoc that I'm gonna wreak)                     "militaire"
(No more words will critics have to speak)
(I've got the answers to the tangled knot)
(Sleep tight in your cot)


Oh baby, I've been told that I'm goin' crazy               "Jackson 5"
Oh baby, but I can't be held down
Oh baby, somehow I'm keeping it steady
Oh baby, I'm tearin' up this town


Hey, this is what I like                                   "emo"
Cut my heart with a modern spike                           (2e finale)
Hey, this is nothing new
I've got more than enough for you




A             A        D           A                       "shuffle P.M."
I can take on anybody, I can do my thing
E             A                 C♯             F♯m
I don't wanna hurt nobody but a bee has got'ta sting
Bm                        E
I'ma fix it if you mix it up (ooh, ooh)
Bm                                  E
Talk smack, and I'ma gonna shut you up (ooh, ooh)


I am the greatest man that ever lived                      "Weezer lent"
I was born to give (I was born to give)                    (2e finale)
I am the greatest man that ever lived, oh
Radio a dio (radio a dio)


"Somebody said all the worlds is stage                     "été indien"
 And each of us is a player                                a  g♯  d  a
 That's what I've been tryin' to tell you

 In Act 1, I was struggling to survive                     w/ (ooh ooh)
 Nobody wanted my action dead or alive
 Act 2, I hit the big time

 And bodies be all up on my behind
 And I can't help myself because I was born to shine
 And if you don't like it, you can shove it

 But you don't like it, you love it
 So I'll be up here in a rage
 'Til they bring the curtain down on the stage"            buh \


(I'm the greatest man that ever lived...)                  "chorale"

                                                              A <


A        E/G♯     D             A                          "Weezer rapide"
I am the greatest man that ever lived
E                               D
I was born to give and give and give
A        E/G♯     D             A
I am the greatest man that ever lived
E C♯m    E C♯m  E C♯m  E C♯m
Radio a (dio a) dio a (dio a)


A a  b  c♯ a c♯ e D             A                          "Ozma lent"
I am the greatest man that ever lived
E     C♯m     DDDDDDDDA!
I was born to give


DDDDDDDDA!  DDDDDDDDA! Oh A! oh A

(aah)