"Billionaire" by Travie McCoy (Chord Chart)

Song Info

  • Key: A major
  • Chord Family:
  • Skills: Basic Strumming, Scratch Strum, Barre Chords, "Textured" Strum

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INTRO
/A---/C#7---/F#m---/E---/


INTRO 
A                            C#7
   I want to be a billionaire so stinkin bad
F#m                            E
Buy all of the things I never had
A                               C#7
   I want to be on the cover of Forbes magazine
F#m                            E
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen


CHORUS 
    D(½)         E(½)     F#m
Oh, every time I close my eyes
  D(½)           E(½)    F#m
I see my name in shining lights
   D(½)           E(½)       A(¼)  A/G#(¼  F#m(¼) E(¼) D
Yeah, a different city every night, Oh,      I,     I   swear
(D)                  D♭                          
The world better prepare, for when I’m a billionaire


VERSE 1
                      A
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah, I would be the host of
C#m
Everyday Christmas, give Travie a wishlist
F#m
   I’d probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
      E
And adopt a bunch of babies that aint never had it
A
Give away a few Mercedes like here lady have this
    C#m
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
    F#m
It’s been a couple months that I’ve been single so
E
You can call me Travie Clause minus the Ho Ho (hehe)
A
   Get it, I’d probably visit where Katrina hit
    C#m
And darn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
F#m
   Yeah, can’t forget about me stupid
E
Everywhere I go I’ma have my own theme music


CHORUS
    D(½)         E(½)     F#m
Oh, every time I close my eyes (what ya see? What ya see brah?)
  D(½)           E(½)    F#m
I see my name in shining lights (uh huh, uh huh, & what else?)
      D(½)           E(½)       A(¼)  A/G#(¼) F#m(¼) E(¼) D
Oh yeah, a different city every night, Oh,      I,     I   swear
(D)                   D♭                           
The world better prepare, for when I’m a billionaire


BRIDGE
G♭m(½)      A(½)        Bm                     
    Ohhh oh,   Ohhh oh,    When I’m a billionaire
G♭m(½)      A(½)        Bm
    Ohhh oh,   Ohhh oh,     (lets go)   


VERSE 2
                      A(let ring)
I’ll be playing basketball with the President, dunking on his delegates
C#m(let ring)
Then I’ll compliment him on his political etiquette
F#m
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
    E
But keep the fives, twenties, tens & bens completely separate
A
   And yeah I’ll be in a whole new tax bracket
C#m
We in recession, but let me take a crack at it
F#m
I’ll probably take whatever’s left and just split it up
E
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks
A
   And not a single tummy around me
C#m
Would know what hungry was, eating good, sleeping soundly
F#m
   I know we all have a similar dream
E
Go in your pocket, pull out your wallet & put it in the air and sing


Repeat Intro 
A                            C#7	
   I want to be a billionaire so stinkin bad (so bad)
F#m                            E
Buy all of the things I never had (buy everything, hehe)
A                                C#7
   I want to be on the cover of Forbes magazine
F#m                            E
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen (What up Oprah! Heha!)


CHORUS
    D(½)         E(½)     F#m
Oh, every time I close my eyes (what ya see? What ya see brah?)
  D(½)           E(½)    F#m
I see my name in shining lights (uh huh, uh huh, & what else?)
      D(½)           E(½)       A(¼)  A/G#(¼) F#m(¼) E(¼) D
Oh yeah, a different city every night, Oh,      I,     I   swear
(D)                 D♭                           
The world better prepare, for when I’m a billionaire


OUTRO
G♭m(½)      A(½)        Bm                       
    Ohhh oh,   Ohhh oh,    When I’m a billionaire
G♭m(½)      A(½)        Bm
    Ohhh oh,   Ohhh oh,    (Oh)
A *let ring                   C#7*let ring                  
   I want to be a billionaire so stinkin bad
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