Misc Musicals – Matilda The Musical - Telly (Guitar)
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[Intro]
G C#dim Am7 Somewhere on a show I heard G C#dim Am7 D7 That a picture tells a thousand words G G7 C So telly, if you bothered to take a look Cm D7 N.C Is the equivalent, of like, lots of books!
[Chorus]
G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 All I know I learned from telly G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 This big beautiful box of facts G G7/F C/E Cm/Eb If you know a thing already D7 N.C. Baby, you can switch the channel over just like that G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 Endless joy and endless laughter... G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 Folks living happily ever after... G G7/F C/E Cm/Eb All you need to make you wise D7 N.C. Is 23 minutes plus advertisements
[Bridge]
Eb6 Why would we waste our energy? D7 Turning the pages 1, 2, 3 Eb6 When we can sit comfortably Eb6 On our lovely bumferlies D7 N.C. Watching people singing and talking and doing stuff?!
[Chorus]
G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 All I know I learned from telly G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 The bigger the telly, the smarter the man! G G7/F C/E Cm/Eb You can tell from my big telly D7 N.C. G Just what a clever fella I am!
(spoken)
G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 Take it away, son G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 *PLAY SOMETHING OFF-KEY* G G7/F C/E Cm/Eb D7 You can't learn that from a stupid book
[Chorus]
G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 All I know I learned from telly - G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 What to think and what to buy G G7/F C/E G I was pretty smart already D7 N.C. But now I'm really, really smart - very very smart G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 Endless content, endless channels... G G7/Bb C/E D7 Endless chat on endless panels... G G7/F Am7 G All you need to fill your muffin D7 N.C. Without having to really fink or nothing!
[Bridge]
Eb6 Why would we waste our energy D7 Trying to work out "Ulysses" Eb6 When we can sit happily Eb6 On our lovely bapperlies D7 Watching slightly famous people
N.C.
Talking to really famous people?
[Chorus]
G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 All I know I learned from telly G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 The bigger the telly, the smarter the man! G G7/F Am7 G You can tell from my big telly D7 N.C. Just what a clever fella I am! D#6 Who the dickens is Charles Dickens? D7 Mary Shelley? Cor, she sounds smelly D#6 Harry Potter? What a rotter D7 Jane Austen? In the compostin' F James Joyce? Doesn't sound noice E7 Ian McEwan? Ugh, I feel like spewin' F William Shakespeare? Schwilliam Schmakespeare
N.C.
Moby Dick? Easy Grandma!
All together now!
[Chorus]
G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 All I know I learned from telly G Gm/Bb Am7 D7 The bigger the telly, the smarter the man! G G7/F Am7 G You can tell from my big telly D7 N.C. G N.C. G7 N.C. D7 G D7 G Just what a ve---ry cle---ver fel---la I am!