Shelby
(singing to audience)

keyboard: Yamaha PSR-540

verse:
Am Fm
The technology department came about

Em G
with a big donation from Angelwire

Am Fm Em G
A check that big doesn’t normally come for free

Am Fm Em G
A six figure gift they offered will inspire

Am Fm Em G
to pick the brightest minds from the tree

verse 2:

Am Fm Em G
They asked me to be on the lookout for the genius college mind

Am Fm Em
recruit students with IQ’s above one fifty eight

Am Fm Em G
If they hire the candidate who I refer,

Am Fm Em G/C G
this is how they spell appreciate

bridge:

F G
bigger dollar come to me

Am G
i have a student i’ve molded so perfectly

F G
bigger dollar flies at me

Am G
it’s renumerance, not bribery

chorus:

(before he sings chorus, he takes off professor hat and puts on money hat)

Am Dm
I’ll get paid by Angelwire

Am Dm
50 k f or each lead

Am Am/G A/F# A/F Em
for every student I recommend that they hire

Am Dm Am Dm
A few students should do the job, no more dressing like a slob

Am Am/G A/F# A/F Em
money talks but it’s the zeros that inspire

Am Dm7 Am Dm7
Professor Shelby is my name and money is my game

Am Am (G) F7 Am (E) E7
No longer the little nerd from high school

Am Dm7 Am Dm7
Dr. Shelby can’t complain, 6 figures control my brain

Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F Em
So much power I can give and take away

verse 3:

Am F E G
Progress has no conscience, but that’s okay with me

Am F E G
as long as I can cash in, from this new technology

F D G
they think we’re nerds, we’ll play the silly part

F D G
oblivious, sometimes in class, I’ll fart

verse 4:

F D G
i’m not the nerd they figured me to be. far from it.

F D G
one day, Angelwire will make me the VP. you’ve done it.

F D G
then, people will blog about me. let’s run it.

F D G
the new face of technology.


chorus:

(before he sings chorus, he takes off professor hat and puts on money hat)

Am Dm
I’ll get paid by Angelwire

Am Dm
50 k f or each lead

Am Am/G A/F# A/F Em
for every student I recommend that they hire

Am Dm Am Dm
A few students should do the job, no more dressing like a slob

Am Am/G A/F# A/F Em
money talks but it’s the zeros that inspire

Am Dm7 Am Dm7
Professor Shelby is my name and money is my game

Am Am (G) F7 Am (E) E7
No longer the little nerd from high school

Am Dm7 Am Dm7
Dr. Shelby can’t complain, 6 figures control my brain

Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F Em
So much power I can give and take away

bridge 2:

F C1/E D1 G
who would’ve thought that I’d be this way

F C1/E D1 G
seduced and reduced to a puppet they can play

F C1/E D1 G
bribed by a bio-technology pharamaceutical giant

F C1/E D1 G
dead presidents convincing me to become compliant

chorus:

(before he sings chorus, he takes off professor hat and puts on money hat)

Am Dm
I’ll get paid by Angelwire

Am Dm
50 k f or each lead

Am Am/G A/F# A/F Em
for every student I recommend that they hire

Am Dm Am Dm
A few students should do the job, no more dressing like a slob

Am Am/G A/F# A/F Em
money talks but it’s the zeros that inspire

Am Dm7 Am Dm7
Professor Shelby is my name and money is my game

Am Am (G) F7 Am (E) E7
No longer the little nerd from high school

Am Dm7 Am Dm7
Dr. Shelby can’t complain, 6 figures control my brain

Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F Em
So much power I can give and take away