Chords for Matilda (Telly)
Tempo:
106.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
I've been hearing some rumours that all of you prefer looking at a book over watching a good bit of telly.
So, me and my son here are going to show you all what you've been missing out on.
Is [G] it?
[C] Somewhere [Eb] [Dm] on a show [G] I heard [C] that a picture [Eb] [Dm] tells a [G] thousand words.
[C] So [E] telly, if you're [F] bothered to take a [Fm] look, [Dm] is the equivalent of like lots of books.
[Am] All [F] I know I learned from telly, [Am] this [Dm] big beautiful box [C] of facts.
If you know [F] a thing [D] or a, [G] maybe you can switch the channel [F] over just like that.
Endless joy [Dm] and endless [C] laughter, folks [A] living [Dm] happily ever [F] after.
All you need to make [Fm] you [G] eyes, 20, 30 minutes [D] plus advertisements.
[Ab] Why would we waste our energy [G]
turning the pages one, two, [Ab] three?
When we can sit comfortably on our lovely bumble-lee, watching people singing and [G] talking and doing [F] stuff.
All I know I learned from telly, the big of the [G] telly, the smart of the [C] man.
You can [F] tell from my big [G] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I am.
Take it away, [F] son.
[G] [C]
[F] It's from [C] memory, this.
[F] [D]
You can't [Bb] learn that from a [C] stupid book.
[Gb] All I [Dm] know I learned from [F] telly, what to [Dm] think and [F] what to buy.
I was pretty smart [G] already, but now I'm really, really smart, very, very smart.
[C] Endless [Dm] content, endless [C] channels, endless channels, endless panels.
All [Bb] you need to fill your [D] muck in with that, and really think [Ab] or nothing.
Why would we waste our [G] energy trying to work out other things?
[Ab] When we can sit happily on our [G] lovely bumble-lee, watching slightly famous people talking to really famous [C] people.
All [Dm] I know I learned [C] from telly, the big of [Gb] the telly, [Dm] the smart of [G] the man.
[C] You can tell [Dm] from my [Fm] big [Gm] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I [Gb] am.
[A] [Ab] Who's a dickie?
Dee Charles Dickie.
[G] Mary Shelley, gosh, she sounds [Ab] smelly.
Harry Potter, what a [G] rotter.
Jane Austen, big McComb [Bbm] hot-dick.
James Joyce, doesn't sound [A] nice.
Ian McEwen, oh, I feel like [Bb] spewing.
William Shakespeare, smelt of [A] space beer.
Moby Dick, easy, Grandma.
[Db]
Who's a dipper [D] now?
All [F] I know [Em]
I learned from [A] telly, [D] the big [F] of the [G] telly, the smart [A] of the man.
[D] You can tell [Bm] from my [Bb] big telly [D] just what a very clever fellow [A]
[D] I am.
[G] [Gm] [A] [Eb]
[D] Thank you very much.
[B] [Bm] [N]
So, me and my son here are going to show you all what you've been missing out on.
Is [G] it?
[C] Somewhere [Eb] [Dm] on a show [G] I heard [C] that a picture [Eb] [Dm] tells a [G] thousand words.
[C] So [E] telly, if you're [F] bothered to take a [Fm] look, [Dm] is the equivalent of like lots of books.
[Am] All [F] I know I learned from telly, [Am] this [Dm] big beautiful box [C] of facts.
If you know [F] a thing [D] or a, [G] maybe you can switch the channel [F] over just like that.
Endless joy [Dm] and endless [C] laughter, folks [A] living [Dm] happily ever [F] after.
All you need to make [Fm] you [G] eyes, 20, 30 minutes [D] plus advertisements.
[Ab] Why would we waste our energy [G]
turning the pages one, two, [Ab] three?
When we can sit comfortably on our lovely bumble-lee, watching people singing and [G] talking and doing [F] stuff.
All I know I learned from telly, the big of the [G] telly, the smart of the [C] man.
You can [F] tell from my big [G] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I am.
Take it away, [F] son.
[G] [C]
[F] It's from [C] memory, this.
[F] [D]
You can't [Bb] learn that from a [C] stupid book.
[Gb] All I [Dm] know I learned from [F] telly, what to [Dm] think and [F] what to buy.
I was pretty smart [G] already, but now I'm really, really smart, very, very smart.
[C] Endless [Dm] content, endless [C] channels, endless channels, endless panels.
All [Bb] you need to fill your [D] muck in with that, and really think [Ab] or nothing.
Why would we waste our [G] energy trying to work out other things?
[Ab] When we can sit happily on our [G] lovely bumble-lee, watching slightly famous people talking to really famous [C] people.
All [Dm] I know I learned [C] from telly, the big of [Gb] the telly, [Dm] the smart of [G] the man.
[C] You can tell [Dm] from my [Fm] big [Gm] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I [Gb] am.
[A] [Ab] Who's a dickie?
Dee Charles Dickie.
[G] Mary Shelley, gosh, she sounds [Ab] smelly.
Harry Potter, what a [G] rotter.
Jane Austen, big McComb [Bbm] hot-dick.
James Joyce, doesn't sound [A] nice.
Ian McEwen, oh, I feel like [Bb] spewing.
William Shakespeare, smelt of [A] space beer.
Moby Dick, easy, Grandma.
[Db]
Who's a dipper [D] now?
All [F] I know [Em]
I learned from [A] telly, [D] the big [F] of the [G] telly, the smart [A] of the man.
[D] You can tell [Bm] from my [Bb] big telly [D] just what a very clever fellow [A]
[D] I am.
[G] [Gm] [A] [Eb]
[D] Thank you very much.
[B] [Bm] [N]
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I've been hearing some rumours that all of you prefer looking at a book over watching a good bit of telly.
So, me and my son here are going to show you all what you've been missing out on.
Is [G] it? _ _
_ [C] Somewhere [Eb] _ [Dm] on a show [G] I heard [C] that a picture [Eb] _ [Dm] tells a [G] thousand words.
[C] So [E] telly, if you're [F] bothered to take a [Fm] look, [Dm] is the equivalent of like lots of books.
[Am] All [F] I know I learned from telly, [Am] this [Dm] big beautiful box [C] of facts.
If you know [F] a thing [D] or a, [G] maybe you can switch the channel [F] over just like that.
Endless joy [Dm] and endless [C] laughter, folks [A] living [Dm] happily ever [F] after.
All you need to make [Fm] you [G] eyes, 20, 30 minutes [D] plus advertisements.
[Ab] Why would we waste our energy [G]
turning the pages one, two, [Ab] three?
When we can sit comfortably on our lovely bumble-lee, watching people singing and [G] talking and doing [F] stuff.
All I know I learned from telly, the big of the [G] telly, the smart of the [C] man.
You can [F] tell from my big [G] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I am.
Take it away, [F] son.
[G] _ [C] _
[F] _ It's from [C] memory, this.
_ [F] _ _ [D]
You can't [Bb] learn that from a [C] stupid book.
[Gb] All I [Dm] know I learned from [F] telly, what to [Dm] think and [F] what to buy.
I was pretty smart [G] already, but now I'm really, really smart, very, very smart.
[C] Endless [Dm] content, endless [C] channels, endless channels, endless panels.
All [Bb] you need to fill your [D] muck in with that, and really think [Ab] or nothing.
Why would we waste our [G] energy trying to work out other things?
[Ab] When we can sit happily on our [G] lovely bumble-lee, watching slightly famous people talking to really famous [C] people.
All [Dm] I know I learned [C] from telly, the big of [Gb] the telly, [Dm] the smart of [G] the man.
[C] You can tell [Dm] from my [Fm] big [Gm] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I [Gb] am.
[A] _ [Ab] Who's a dickie?
Dee Charles Dickie.
[G] Mary Shelley, gosh, she sounds [Ab] smelly.
Harry Potter, what a [G] rotter.
Jane Austen, big McComb [Bbm] hot-dick.
James Joyce, doesn't sound [A] nice.
Ian McEwen, oh, I feel like [Bb] spewing.
William Shakespeare, smelt of [A] space beer.
Moby Dick, easy, Grandma.
[Db]
Who's a dipper [D] now?
All [F] I know [Em]
I learned from [A] telly, [D] _ the big [F] of the [G] telly, the smart [A] of the man.
[D] You can tell [Bm] from my [Bb] big telly [D] just what a very clever fellow [A] _ _
[D] I am.
[G] _ [Gm] _ [A] _ [Eb] _
_ [D] Thank you very much. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] _
So, me and my son here are going to show you all what you've been missing out on.
Is [G] it? _ _
_ [C] Somewhere [Eb] _ [Dm] on a show [G] I heard [C] that a picture [Eb] _ [Dm] tells a [G] thousand words.
[C] So [E] telly, if you're [F] bothered to take a [Fm] look, [Dm] is the equivalent of like lots of books.
[Am] All [F] I know I learned from telly, [Am] this [Dm] big beautiful box [C] of facts.
If you know [F] a thing [D] or a, [G] maybe you can switch the channel [F] over just like that.
Endless joy [Dm] and endless [C] laughter, folks [A] living [Dm] happily ever [F] after.
All you need to make [Fm] you [G] eyes, 20, 30 minutes [D] plus advertisements.
[Ab] Why would we waste our energy [G]
turning the pages one, two, [Ab] three?
When we can sit comfortably on our lovely bumble-lee, watching people singing and [G] talking and doing [F] stuff.
All I know I learned from telly, the big of the [G] telly, the smart of the [C] man.
You can [F] tell from my big [G] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I am.
Take it away, [F] son.
[G] _ [C] _
[F] _ It's from [C] memory, this.
_ [F] _ _ [D]
You can't [Bb] learn that from a [C] stupid book.
[Gb] All I [Dm] know I learned from [F] telly, what to [Dm] think and [F] what to buy.
I was pretty smart [G] already, but now I'm really, really smart, very, very smart.
[C] Endless [Dm] content, endless [C] channels, endless channels, endless panels.
All [Bb] you need to fill your [D] muck in with that, and really think [Ab] or nothing.
Why would we waste our [G] energy trying to work out other things?
[Ab] When we can sit happily on our [G] lovely bumble-lee, watching slightly famous people talking to really famous [C] people.
All [Dm] I know I learned [C] from telly, the big of [Gb] the telly, [Dm] the smart of [G] the man.
[C] You can tell [Dm] from my [Fm] big [Gm] telly just what a clever [C] fellow I [Gb] am.
[A] _ [Ab] Who's a dickie?
Dee Charles Dickie.
[G] Mary Shelley, gosh, she sounds [Ab] smelly.
Harry Potter, what a [G] rotter.
Jane Austen, big McComb [Bbm] hot-dick.
James Joyce, doesn't sound [A] nice.
Ian McEwen, oh, I feel like [Bb] spewing.
William Shakespeare, smelt of [A] space beer.
Moby Dick, easy, Grandma.
[Db]
Who's a dipper [D] now?
All [F] I know [Em]
I learned from [A] telly, [D] _ the big [F] of the [G] telly, the smart [A] of the man.
[D] You can tell [Bm] from my [Bb] big telly [D] just what a very clever fellow [A] _ _
[D] I am.
[G] _ [Gm] _ [A] _ [Eb] _
_ [D] Thank you very much. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [N] _