{title: Money for nothing}
{artist: Dire Straits}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 133}
{key: G}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[EbM7] (I want my MTV) [Gm]
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{start_of_part: Riff}
[G5] [G5]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
Now [G5]look at them yo-yos that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the [Bb5]MT[C5]V
[G5] That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and your [F5]chicks for [G5]free
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[G5] Now that ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Lemme tell ya, them [Bb5]guys ain't [C5]dumb
[G5]Maybe get a blister on your little finger
Maybe get a [F5]blister on your [G5]thumb
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[Eb] We gotta install [Bb]microwave ovens
[Eb] Custom kitchen de[F]liveries
[G5] We gotta move these refrigerators
[C5] We gotta move these [D5]colour TV---[E5]s
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{start_of_part: Riff}
[G5] [G5]
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
[G5] I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to [Bb5]play them [C5]drums
[G5]Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera, man
We could [F5]have some [G5]fun
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
And [G5]he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongoes like a [Bb5]chimpan[C5]zee
[G5] That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Get your money for nothin', get your [F5]chicks for [G5]free
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{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_part: Riff}
[G5] [G5]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
Now [G5]look at them yo-yos that's the way you do it
You play the guitar on the [Bb5]MT[C5]V
[G5] That ain't workin', that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and your [F5]chicks for [G5]free
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{start_of_part: Outtro, repeat}
[G5]Money for nothin and chicks for free [Bb5] [C5]
[G5]Money for nothin and chicks for free [Bb5] [C5]
[G5]Money (I want my, I want my, I want my MTV) [Bb5]chicks for [C5]free
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