Chords for Home Free - Champagne Taste (On a Beer Budget)
Tempo:
114.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Dm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[F] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] The other day I checked my bank account, [F] I could swear it [D] was the wrong amount [C] and I
didn't understand cause I've been [G] working hard.
[C] For the life of me I didn't know where it [F] went.
I hadn't even paid the [C] rent.
[Em] Then the Mercedes pulled up [C] in the yard.
Oh [F] lord I should have seen it [C] coming.
[D] This time I'm [G] in deep.
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end [D] up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [D] champagne taste.
[C] On a beer budget.
Well my throat dried up and my heart just sunk [F] as she motioned me over and popped the trunk.
[C] I tried to ignore her absent minded [B] smile.
[C] And boy I was greeted by quite the [F] crew.
There was Louis Vuitton and some Jimmy [C] Choo and that was just the fellas who [G] were sitting on top of the pile.
[F] I said baby there's a Walmart a block away and I [D] don't think they sell [G] these brands.
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
On [C] a beer budget.
[F] All [G] the bills are in [C] my name.
[F] They're [G] gonna haul my [C] ass away.
[Am] And I won't [G] see her pretty [F] face at all.
[E] [Dm] Cause the prison's nowhere [G] near the mall.
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to [F] jail.
If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't have a [G] case.
[Cm] I ran out of money [F] some time ago, but if you look at my wife you'd never know.
[Dm] I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
[E] [C] On a beer budget.
[A]
[E] [C]
[E] The story of my [B] life.
[E] I take her [A] home.
I drive all night.
To keep her warm.
[C#] And time [A] is frozen.
[F] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C] The other day I checked my bank account, [F] I could swear it [D] was the wrong amount [C] and I
didn't understand cause I've been [G] working hard.
[C] For the life of me I didn't know where it [F] went.
I hadn't even paid the [C] rent.
[Em] Then the Mercedes pulled up [C] in the yard.
Oh [F] lord I should have seen it [C] coming.
[D] This time I'm [G] in deep.
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end [D] up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [D] champagne taste.
[C] On a beer budget.
Well my throat dried up and my heart just sunk [F] as she motioned me over and popped the trunk.
[C] I tried to ignore her absent minded [B] smile.
[C] And boy I was greeted by quite the [F] crew.
There was Louis Vuitton and some Jimmy [C] Choo and that was just the fellas who [G] were sitting on top of the pile.
[F] I said baby there's a Walmart a block away and I [D] don't think they sell [G] these brands.
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
On [C] a beer budget.
[F] All [G] the bills are in [C] my name.
[F] They're [G] gonna haul my [C] ass away.
[Am] And I won't [G] see her pretty [F] face at all.
[E] [Dm] Cause the prison's nowhere [G] near the mall.
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to [F] jail.
If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't have a [G] case.
[Cm] I ran out of money [F] some time ago, but if you look at my wife you'd never know.
[Dm] I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
[E] [C] On a beer budget.
[A]
[E] [C]
[E] The story of my [B] life.
[E] I take her [A] home.
I drive all night.
To keep her warm.
[C#] And time [A] is frozen.
Key:
C
F
G
Dm
E
C
F
G
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] [C] The other day I checked my bank account, [F] I could swear it [D] was the wrong amount [C] and I
didn't understand cause I've been [G] working hard.
_ [C] For the life of me I didn't know where it [F] went.
I hadn't even paid the [C] rent.
[Em] Then the Mercedes pulled up [C] in the yard.
_ Oh [F] lord I should have seen it [C] coming.
[D] This time I'm [G] in deep. _ _
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end [D] up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [D] champagne taste.
[C] On a beer budget. _ _ _ _
Well my throat dried up and my heart just sunk [F] as she motioned me over and popped the trunk.
[C] I tried to ignore her absent minded [B] smile.
_ [C] And boy I was greeted by quite the [F] crew.
There was Louis Vuitton and some Jimmy [C] Choo and that was just the fellas who [G] were sitting on top of the pile.
_ [F] I said baby there's a Walmart a block away and I [D] don't think they sell [G] these brands.
_ _ [C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
On [C] a beer budget.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] All [G] the bills are in [C] my name.
_ _ [F] They're [G] gonna haul my [C] ass away.
_ [Am] And I won't [G] see her pretty [F] face at all.
[E] _ [Dm] Cause the prison's nowhere [G] near the mall. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to [F] jail.
If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't have a [G] case.
_ [Cm] I ran out of money [F] some time ago, but if you look at my wife you'd never know.
[Dm] I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ On a beer budget. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] The story of my [B] life.
[E] I take her [A] home.
I drive all night.
To keep her warm.
[C#] And time [A] is frozen.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] [C] The other day I checked my bank account, [F] I could swear it [D] was the wrong amount [C] and I
didn't understand cause I've been [G] working hard.
_ [C] For the life of me I didn't know where it [F] went.
I hadn't even paid the [C] rent.
[Em] Then the Mercedes pulled up [C] in the yard.
_ Oh [F] lord I should have seen it [C] coming.
[D] This time I'm [G] in deep. _ _
[C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end [D] up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [D] champagne taste.
[C] On a beer budget. _ _ _ _
Well my throat dried up and my heart just sunk [F] as she motioned me over and popped the trunk.
[C] I tried to ignore her absent minded [B] smile.
_ [C] And boy I was greeted by quite the [F] crew.
There was Louis Vuitton and some Jimmy [C] Choo and that was just the fellas who [G] were sitting on top of the pile.
_ [F] I said baby there's a Walmart a block away and I [D] don't think they sell [G] these brands.
_ _ [C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to jail.
[F] If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't [G] have a case.
[C] I ran out of money some time ago, [F] but if you look at my wife you'd never [Dm] know.
I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
On [C] a beer budget.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] All [G] the bills are in [C] my name.
_ _ [F] They're [G] gonna haul my [C] ass away.
_ [Am] And I won't [G] see her pretty [F] face at all.
[E] _ [Dm] Cause the prison's nowhere [G] near the mall. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Don't mess with the poor, I'll start heading to [F] jail.
If I end up there I ain't making bail.
[Dm] If it goes to court I sure don't have a [G] case.
_ [Cm] I ran out of money [F] some time ago, but if you look at my wife you'd never know.
[Dm] I'm afraid my baby got [G] champagne taste.
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ On a beer budget. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] The story of my [B] life.
[E] I take her [A] home.
I drive all night.
To keep her warm.
[C#] And time [A] is frozen.