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Headline Hustler

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RockAdvanced for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××○
E○○○
F#mDiagram coming soon
G#m7Diagram coming soon
C#m7Diagram coming soon
A×○○
B7Diagram coming soon
GdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: D    E 
 5x 
 
E          F#m              G#m7   C#m7 
I got me a job on the local paper  
A                B7  
 Everybody there thinks I'm nice 
G#m7                    C#m7 
 But they'd better look twice 
              A 
`Cos it isn't me 
        Gdim 
I wanna be slide Gdim chord shape up from 2 to 5 to 8th frets 
E Em11 A               E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A           Em11 E 
        Scandal  m.ak...er 
E Em11 A               E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A         Em11 E 
        Money  t.ak...er    
 
E                   F#m                       G#m7  C#m7 
You keep writing me letters but I haven't got time 
A                    B7 
 I'm busy looking at photographs 
G#m7                   C#m7          A 
 But they'd better not be from the BBC 
                       Gdim 
You're gonna hear from me    Gdim slide 
 
 
E Em11 A              E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A           Em11 E 
        Scandal  m.ak...er 
E Em11 A               E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A         Em11 E 
        Money  t.ak...er   
 
 
A 
Better not turn around 
     C#m7 
I'll stab you in the back 
        A 
And you don't know what I'm hiding 
B7                    A 
Under my plastic mac, under my plastic mac 
E                  F#m             G#m7   C#m7 
 I got a very good friend in the CIA 
A                    B7 
 And he says that he never takes bribes 
G#m7              C#m7 
 But he's telling lies 
               A 
 Cos he's into me 
                 Gdim 
He knows I wanna be  Gdim slide 
 
E Em11 A              E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A            Em11 E 
        Scandal  m.ak...er 
E Em11 A               E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A        Em11 E 
        Money  t.ak..er   
 
 
        A 
If your brother's wearing dresses 
         C#m7 
And your neighbour's swapped his wife 
          A 
Well I'm gonna make the headlines 
B7                     A 
With your private life With your other wife 
 
E Em11 A              E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A           Em11 E 
        Scandal  m.ak...er 
E Em11 A              E 
        Headline hust-ler 
E Em11 A        Em11 E 
        Money  t.ak..er       rpt Chorus 4x  
 
 A                      E 
End piece slide gutiar riff

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Chord set

D · E · F#m · G#m7 · C#m7 · A · B7 · Gdim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.