Am               E7            Am
Don't you disrespect me little man!
F9             Eb9       D9
Don't you derogate or deride!
          Am       Am       Gbm7      F7    Am                   E7    Am
You’re in my world now, not your world, and I got friends on the other side
 

Am                       E7    Am
“He’s got friends on the other side”
 

Interlude -x4-: Am  E7

 
Am        E7     Am    E7    Am       E7        Am      E7  
Sit down at  my  table,      put your mind at ease
Am       C7           F7              Am     E7   Am      F7 E7
If you relax, it will enable me to do anything I please
Am     E7        Am     E7      Am          E7          Am    E7  
I can read your future,      I can change it round some too
          Am      C7      F7
I’ll look deep into your heart and soul, make your
Am       E7          Am
wildest dreams come true
 

      Am           Am            D7             E7   F7
I got voodoo I got hoodoo, I got things I ain’t even tried
   Am                    E7    Am
And I got friends on the other side
Am                       E7    Am
“He’s got friends on the other side”
 

E7
The cards, the cards, the cards will tell
    Am        F7               Am     E7 Am
The past, the present, and the future as well!
E7
The cards, the cards, just take three
Am            C7             F7          E7      Bb    E
Take a little trip into your future with me!
    F          C             Em         F
Now you, young man, are from across the sea
              C        C        C     C
You come from two long lines of royalty

-I'm a royal myself on my mother's side-
     C           F7
Your lifestyle's high
         C         D7
But your funds are low
            Am           F7          E7        Am
You need to marry a lil' honey whose daddy got dough!
F9        Eb9          Db9          Eb9
Mom and dad cut you off, huh playboy?
F9                 Eb9            Abm9                Db9
Now y'all gotta get hitched, but hitchin' ties you down.
                  F9              Eb9            Db9
You just wanna be free, hop from place to place.
     Eb9              F9      D9
But freedom... takes green!
         Am              Am              Gbm7      F7
It's the green, it's the green, it's the green you need
           Am  
And when I look into your future
          F7        E7 Am
It's the green that I  see!
C             G                    C          G  
On you little man, I don't want to waste much time
         C           G7         C      G7     C7
You been pushed around all your life
         F
You been pushed around by your
C               D7              Dm7 
mother and your sister and your brother.
    C          A7
And if you was married...
         Ab7                  G7
You'd be pushed around by your wife
    Am      Am          D7  E7  F7
But in your future, the you I  see
      Am                      F7     E7  Am
Is exactly the man you always wanted to  be!
D           F
    Shake my hand.
Am                        D                       F
  Come on boys, won't you shake the poor sinner's hand?
 
Yes...
 

A C B D C A B G
Are you ready?
A C B D C A B G
Are you ready?
A C B D C A B G
Transformation central!

-Transformation central!-
A C B D C A B G
Reformation central!

-Reformation central!-
A C B D C A B G
Transmogrification central!
A C B D C A B G
Can you feel it?
Am
You're changin', You're changin', You're changin', all right!
                    Am
I hope you're satisfied
           Am  
But if you ain't
        F7
Don't blame me!!
        Am                      E7    Am
You can blame my friends on the other side!

Outro -x2-: A E G E F D E Ab

Am
-You got what you wanted!

But you lost what you had!-