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!