Millionaire Blues Chords
by Dire Straits
Millionaire Blues by Dire Straits is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords Bm, Em, F# and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Bm
Verse
Bm
I woke up this morning, my Jacuzzi wouldn't work
Then the butler quit on me, man, can you believe it? Jerk!
Must've been my artistic temperament he couldn't take
How come nobody wants to give me a break?
Em Bm
I got the blues right there, mean and low
F#
I'm as low as the heels of my alligator shoes
G F# F# F#
You should know how it feels
Bm
to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# F# F#
Millionaire blues
Verse
Bm
Well, I found one of my bathrooms and I made it to the sink
I called one of my managers up and I poured myself a drink
Oh, I swear I'd kill that little weasel if I could
Bm Mute
Checked myself in the mirror, my hair was looking good, but
Em Bm
I had the blues right there, mean and mean and mean and low
F#
As low as the heels on my alligator shoes
G F# F# F# Bm
You should know how it feels to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# F# F#
Millionaire blues
Get down!
Solo (played over verse and Chorus chords)
Bm
Em Bm
F# G F#
Bm Em G F#
Verse
Bm
Well, so much for breakfast, I couldn't face lunch
I thought I'd raise my spirits with a little champagne brunch
I take the Lamborghini, the flunky parks the car
Bm Mute
Can you believe it, man, this other monkey won't let me in the bar!
Em
I said, I said, 'Don't you know who I am, man?'
Bm
And he says, 'No', no! Can you believe it?
F#
I'm as low as the heels of these alligator shoes
G F# F# F# Bm
You should know how it feels... to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# Bm
Millionaire blues... to have these millionaire blues
Em G F# F# F# F# F#
Millionaire blues
Outro
Bm
Bad, bad!
That's bad!
Yeah. So hard.
It's hard sometimes for a boy.
Bm
Ah, I like that!
That's good.
Get down!
You're making a very big mistake, man
Bm
Oh yeah
You'll never work in this town again
All right