Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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Chords
Cadd9 x30030
G/B x20030
A#6 x1003x
Am7 x02010
G 3x0003
C/G 3x201x
D xx0232
C x32010
Am x02210
D#dim7 xx1212
G7/C x3300x
A7 x02020
A7sus4 x02030
D6 xx0202
Intro:
|Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 G/B|A#6 |Am7 G|
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
Verse 1
G C/G
I will wait a lifetime if it takes that long
G C/G
I know she's out there for I have heard her song
D
In dreams she sings to me
C G/B Am G
Her angel's voice a symphony
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
G C/G
Is she in a garden or a meadow fair
G C/G
Does the dappled sunlight shine ribbons in her hair?
D C G/B Am G
Does she sit patiently smiling as she waits for me?
Chorus
Am G/B C G/B Am G
She's my millionaire girlfriend and she's my life
Am G/B C G/B D D#dim7
Once I finally find her I'll get permission from the wife
Em G7/C
We will all live in our castle high
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
Verse 2
G C/G
She's a stolen secret from a pirate's chest
G C/G
I will wear an ascot and a suit that has a vest
D C G/B Am G
And I will put it on as I watch gardener mow the lawn
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
G C/G
She's a fairy princess from a song of old
G C/G
I will have a toothbrush that is made of solid gold
D C G/B Am G
And I will watch TV as my manservant flosses me
Chorus
Am G/B C G/B Am G
She's my millionaire girlfriend and she's my life
Am G/B C G/B D D#dim7
Once I finally find her I'll get permission from the wife
Em G7/C
We will all live in our castle high
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
Bridge
Em A7 A7sus4 A7
It does not matter to me if she's pretty
Em A7 A7sus4 A7
All that counts is what she's got at Citibank
CAdd9 G/B Am D
Chase Manhattan or even Washington Mutual
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
Verse 3
G C/G
When my search is ended I will cherish her
G C/G
She will sign some papers, give me power of attorney
D C G/B Am G
And what's hers will be mine in perpetuity
Chorus
Am G/B C G/B Am G
She's my millionaire girlfriend and she's my life
Am G/B C G/B D D#dim7
Once I finally find her I'll get permission from the wife
Em G7/C
We will all live in our castle high
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
Outro
|Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 G/B|A#6 |Am7 |D D6|G |
Intro:
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
E||----0---------------0-------------|----0---------------0-------------|
B||------------3---------------3-----|------------3---------------3-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Cadd9 G/B A#6 Am7 G
E||----0-----------------------------|----------------------|
B||------------3-------3-------3-----|----1-------1-----3---|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-----|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2---0---|
A||--3-------2-------1-------1-------|--0-------0-----------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------|
Verse Riff
G C/G
E||----------3----------------------|
B||-----0----------0h-1-------1-----|
G||--------------0--------0-------0-|
D||-----0------0---0h-2-2-------2---|
A||---------------------------------|
E||--3-----3-------3--------3-------|
Verse:
G C/G
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||----0-------0-------0-------0-----|----1-------1-------1-------1-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||--3-------3-------3-------3-------|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G C/G
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||----0-------0-------0-------0-----|----1-------1-------1-------1-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||--3-------3-------3-------3-------|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
D C G/B Am
E||----2-------0-----0h-2-------2-----|--------------------0-------------|
B||--------3-------3--------3-------0-|----1-------1---------------1-----|
G||------2-------2--------2-------2---|--------0-------0-------0-------2-|
D||--0-------0-------0--------0-------|------2-------2-------0-------2---|
A||-----------------------------------|--3-------3-------2-------0-------|
E||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chorus lead in
G C/G G Am G/B
E||----------3----------------------|----------3-------------------|
B||-----0----------0h-1-------1-----|-----0------------0-----1--3--|
G||--------------0--------0-------0-|--------------0-------0-------|
D||-----0------0---0h-2-2-------2---|-----0------0-------0---------|
A||---------------------------------|------------------------0--2--|
E||--3-----3-------3--------3-------|--3-----3-------3-------------|
Chorus:
C G/B Am G Am G/B
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||----1-------1-------3-------3-----|----1-------1-------0-----1--3--|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------2-------2-------0-------|
D||------2-------2-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------0---------|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--0-------0---------------0--2--|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3-------------|
C G/B D D#dim7
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2-------2-------2-----|
B||----1-------1-------3-------3-----|--------3-------3-------1-------1-|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D||------2-------2-------0-------0---|--0-------0-------1-------1-------|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Em G7/C
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||----0-------0-------0-------0-----|----0-------0-------0-------0-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------2-------2-------2-------2---|------3-------3-------3-------3---|
A||----------------------------------|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E||--0-------0-------0-------0-------|----------------------------------|
| C G/B Am D
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2-----|
B||----1-------3-------1-------1-----|--------3-------0-|
G||--------0-------0-------2-------2-|------2-------2---|
D||------2-------0-------2-------2---|--0-------0-------|
A||--3-------2-------0-------0-------|------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------|
Bridge lead in
G C/G G D/F#
E||----------3----------------------|----------3---------------------|
B||-----0----------0h-1-------1-----|-----0------------0-------0-----|
G||--------------0--------0-------0-|--------------0-------0-------0-|
D||-----0------0---0h-2-2---2---2---|-----0------0-------0-------0---|
A||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E||--3-----3------------------------|--3-----3-------3-------2-------|
Bridge
Em A7 A7sus4
E||--------------0------------|----------0-----------------|
B||----0-----0-------0--0-----|-----2----2----2h-3---3-2---|
G||-------0-----0-----------0-|-----0---------0------0-0---|
D||-----2-----2-----2-----2---|-----2---------2------2-2---|
A||---------------------------|--0-----0----0------0-------|
E||--0-----0-----0-----0------|----------------------------|
Em A7 A7sus4
E||--------------0------------|----------0-----------------|
B||----0-----0-------0--0-----|-----2----2----2h-3---3-2---|
G||-------0-----0-----------0-|-----0---------0------0-0---|
D||-----2-----2-----2-----2---|-----2---------2------2-2---|
A||---------------------------|--0-----0----0------0-------|
E||--0-----0-----0-----0------|----------------------------|
Cadd9 G/B Am G
E||----0---------------0-------------|----------------------------------|
B||------------3---------------3-----|----1-------1-------0-------0-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------2-------2-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------0-------0---|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--0-------0-----------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|
D Dsus4 Dsus4
E||---2----2h3---|--2h3---|
B||---3----3-----|--3-----|
G||---2----2-----|--2-----|
D||---0----0-----|--0-----|
A||--------------|--------|
E||--------------|--------|
End of final chorus - Repeat 3x
C G/B Am D G
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2---------------------|
B||----1-------3-------1-------1-----|--------3-------0---0-------0-----|
G||--------0-------0-------2-------2-|------2-------2---------0-------0-|
D||------2-------0-------2-------2---|--0-------0-----------0-------0---|
A||--3-------2-------0-------0-------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|
C G/B Am D
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2-------2-------2-----|
B||----1-------3-------1-------1-----|--------3-------3-------3-------3-|
G||--------0-------0-------2-------2-|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D||------2-------0-------2-------2---|--0-------0-------0-------0-------|
A||--3-------2-------0-------0-------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Outro
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
E||----0---------------0-------------|----0---------------0-------------|
B||------------3---------------3-----|------------3---------------3-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Cadd9 G/B A#6 Am7 D6 G
E||----0-----------------------------|------------2-----3---|
B||------------3-------3-------3-----|----1-----------0-0---|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-----2---0---|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2---0-------0---|
A||--3-------2-------1-------1-------|--0-------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3---|
Chords
Cadd9 x30030
G/B x20030
A#6 x1003x
Am7 x02010
G 3x0003
C/G 3x201x
D xx0232
C x32010
Am x02210
D#dim7 xx1212
G7/C x3300x
A7 x02020
A7sus4 x02030
D6 xx0202
Intro:
|Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 G/B|A#6 |Am7 G|
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
Verse 1
G C/G
I will wait a lifetime if it takes that long
G C/G
I know she's out there for I have heard her song
D
In dreams she sings to me
C G/B Am G
Her angel's voice a symphony
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
G C/G
Is she in a garden or a meadow fair
G C/G
Does the dappled sunlight shine ribbons in her hair?
D C G/B Am G
Does she sit patiently smiling as she waits for me?
Chorus
Am G/B C G/B Am G
She's my millionaire girlfriend and she's my life
Am G/B C G/B D D#dim7
Once I finally find her I'll get permission from the wife
Em G7/C
We will all live in our castle high
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
Verse 2
G C/G
She's a stolen secret from a pirate's chest
G C/G
I will wear an ascot and a suit that has a vest
D C G/B Am G
And I will put it on as I watch gardener mow the lawn
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
G C/G
She's a fairy princess from a song of old
G C/G
I will have a toothbrush that is made of solid gold
D C G/B Am G
And I will watch TV as my manservant flosses me
Chorus
Am G/B C G/B Am G
She's my millionaire girlfriend and she's my life
Am G/B C G/B D D#dim7
Once I finally find her I'll get permission from the wife
Em G7/C
We will all live in our castle high
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
Bridge
Em A7 A7sus4 A7
It does not matter to me if she's pretty
Em A7 A7sus4 A7
All that counts is what she's got at Citibank
CAdd9 G/B Am D
Chase Manhattan or even Washington Mutual
(Verse Break) |G C/G|G C/G|
Verse 3
G C/G
When my search is ended I will cherish her
G C/G
She will sign some papers, give me power of attorney
D C G/B Am G
And what's hers will be mine in perpetuity
Chorus
Am G/B C G/B Am G
She's my millionaire girlfriend and she's my life
Am G/B C G/B D D#dim7
Once I finally find her I'll get permission from the wife
Em G7/C
We will all live in our castle high
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
C G/B Am D G
My beloved and my millionaire girlfriend and I
Outro
|Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 |G/B |Cadd9 G/B|A#6 |Am7 |D D6|G |
Intro:
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
E||----0---------------0-------------|----0---------------0-------------|
B||------------3---------------3-----|------------3---------------3-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Cadd9 G/B A#6 Am7 G
E||----0-----------------------------|----------------------|
B||------------3-------3-------3-----|----1-------1-----3---|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-----|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2---0---|
A||--3-------2-------1-------1-------|--0-------0-----------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------|
Verse Riff
G C/G
E||----------3----------------------|
B||-----0----------0h-1-------1-----|
G||--------------0--------0-------0-|
D||-----0------0---0h-2-2-------2---|
A||---------------------------------|
E||--3-----3-------3--------3-------|
Verse:
G C/G
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||----0-------0-------0-------0-----|----1-------1-------1-------1-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||--3-------3-------3-------3-------|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
G C/G
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||----0-------0-------0-------0-----|----1-------1-------1-------1-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
A||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||--3-------3-------3-------3-------|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
D C G/B Am
E||----2-------0-----0h-2-------2-----|--------------------0-------------|
B||--------3-------3--------3-------0-|----1-------1---------------1-----|
G||------2-------2--------2-------2---|--------0-------0-------0-------2-|
D||--0-------0-------0--------0-------|------2-------2-------0-------2---|
A||-----------------------------------|--3-------3-------2-------0-------|
E||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Chorus lead in
G C/G G Am G/B
E||----------3----------------------|----------3-------------------|
B||-----0----------0h-1-------1-----|-----0------------0-----1--3--|
G||--------------0--------0-------0-|--------------0-------0-------|
D||-----0------0---0h-2-2-------2---|-----0------0-------0---------|
A||---------------------------------|------------------------0--2--|
E||--3-----3-------3--------3-------|--3-----3-------3-------------|
Chorus:
C G/B Am G Am G/B
E||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B||----1-------1-------3-------3-----|----1-------1-------0-----1--3--|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------2-------2-------0-------|
D||------2-------2-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------0---------|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--0-------0---------------0--2--|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3-------------|
C G/B D D#dim7
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2-------2-------2-----|
B||----1-------1-------3-------3-----|--------3-------3-------1-------1-|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D||------2-------2-------0-------0---|--0-------0-------1-------1-------|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Em G7/C
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B||----0-------0-------0-------0-----|----0-------0-------0-------0-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------2-------2-------2-------2---|------3-------3-------3-------3---|
A||----------------------------------|--3-------3-------3-------3-------|
E||--0-------0-------0-------0-------|----------------------------------|
| C G/B Am D
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2-----|
B||----1-------3-------1-------1-----|--------3-------0-|
G||--------0-------0-------2-------2-|------2-------2---|
D||------2-------0-------2-------2---|--0-------0-------|
A||--3-------2-------0-------0-------|------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------|
Bridge lead in
G C/G G D/F#
E||----------3----------------------|----------3---------------------|
B||-----0----------0h-1-------1-----|-----0------------0-------0-----|
G||--------------0--------0-------0-|--------------0-------0-------0-|
D||-----0------0---0h-2-2---2---2---|-----0------0-------0-------0---|
A||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E||--3-----3------------------------|--3-----3-------3-------2-------|
Bridge
Em A7 A7sus4
E||--------------0------------|----------0-----------------|
B||----0-----0-------0--0-----|-----2----2----2h-3---3-2---|
G||-------0-----0-----------0-|-----0---------0------0-0---|
D||-----2-----2-----2-----2---|-----2---------2------2-2---|
A||---------------------------|--0-----0----0------0-------|
E||--0-----0-----0-----0------|----------------------------|
Em A7 A7sus4
E||--------------0------------|----------0-----------------|
B||----0-----0-------0--0-----|-----2----2----2h-3---3-2---|
G||-------0-----0-----------0-|-----0---------0------0-0---|
D||-----2-----2-----2-----2---|-----2---------2------2-2---|
A||---------------------------|--0-----0----0------0-------|
E||--0-----0-----0-----0------|----------------------------|
Cadd9 G/B Am G
E||----0---------------0-------------|----------------------------------|
B||------------3---------------3-----|----1-------1-------0-------0-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------2-------2-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2-------2-------0-------0---|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--0-------0-----------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|
D Dsus4 Dsus4
E||---2----2h3---|--2h3---|
B||---3----3-----|--3-----|
G||---2----2-----|--2-----|
D||---0----0-----|--0-----|
A||--------------|--------|
E||--------------|--------|
End of final chorus - Repeat 3x
C G/B Am D G
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2---------------------|
B||----1-------3-------1-------1-----|--------3-------0---0-------0-----|
G||--------0-------0-------2-------2-|------2-------2---------0-------0-|
D||------2-------0-------2-------2---|--0-------0-----------0-------0---|
A||--3-------2-------0-------0-------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3-------3-------|
C G/B Am D
E||----------------------------------|----2-------2-------2-------2-----|
B||----1-------3-------1-------1-----|--------3-------3-------3-------3-|
G||--------0-------0-------2-------2-|------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D||------2-------0-------2-------2---|--0-------0-------0-------0-------|
A||--3-------2-------0-------0-------|----------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Outro
Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/B
E||----0---------------0-------------|----0---------------0-------------|
B||------------3---------------3-----|------------3---------------3-----|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------0-------0-------0-------0---|
A||--3-------3-------2-------2-------|--3-------3-------2-------2-------|
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Cadd9 G/B A#6 Am7 D6 G
E||----0-----------------------------|------------2-----3---|
B||------------3-------3-------3-----|----1-----------0-0---|
G||--------0-------0-------0-------0-|--------0-----2---0---|
D||------0-------0-------0-------0---|------2---0-------0---|
A||--3-------2-------1-------1-------|--0-------------------|
E||----------------------------------|------------------3---|
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