Originally in C, I play in C capo 2
Intro
| C | Bb/C | C | Bb/C |
Vox on 3 4 on “some boys”
| C |
| Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me |
| Bb | Am |
| I think they’re oka | y |
| C | |
| If | they don’t give me proper credit |
| Dm | G | C |
| I just | walk a | way |
| C |
| They can beg and they can plead |
| Bb | Am | |
| But | they can’t see the | light, that’s right |
| C |
| ‘Cause the boy with the cold hard cash |
| Dm | G | C | |
| Is | always | Mister | Right, ‘cause we are |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | Am | |
| And | I am a mat | erial gi | rl |
| Am7 | |
| You | know that we are |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | C | |
| And | I am a mat | erial | girl |
| C | Bb/C | C | Bb/C |
| C |
| Some boys romance, some boys slow dance |
| Bb | Am |
| That’s all right with | me |
| C | |
| If | they can’t raise my interest then I |
| Dm | G | C |
| Have to | let them | be |
| C |
| Some boys try and some boys lie but |
| Bb | Am |
| I don’t let them | play (no way) |
| C |
| Only boys that save their pennies |
| Dm | G | C |
| Make my | rainy | day, ‘cause they are |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | Am | |
| And | I am a mat | erial gi | rl |
| Am7 | |
| You | know that we are |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | C | |
| And | I am a mat | erial | girl |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | Am | |
| And | I am a mat | erial gi | rl |
| Am7 | |
| You | know that we are |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | C | |
| And | I am a mat | erial | girl |
| C | Bb/C | C | Bb/C |
| C7 |
| Living in a material world (material) |
| Bb | Am |
| Living in a mat | erial world |
| C7 |
| Living in a material world (material) |
| Dm | G | C |
| Living i | n a mat | erial world |
| C |
| Boys may come and boys may go |
| Bb | Am | |
| And th | at’s all right you | see |
| C | |
| Ex | perience has made me rich |
| Dm | G | C | |
| And | now they’re | after | me, ‘cause everybody’s |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | Am | |
| And | I am a mat | erial gi | rl |
| Am7 | |
| You k | now that we are |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | C | |
| And | I am a mat | erial | girl |
| C | Bb/C | C | Bb/C |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | Am | |
| And | I am a mat | erial gi | rl |
| Am7 | |
| You k | now that we are |
| F | G | G | Am |
| Liv | ing in a mat | erial w | orld |
| F | G | C | |
| And | I am a mat | erial | girl |
| C7 |
Let ring
| C |
| A material, a material, a material, a material world |
| C |
| Living in a material world (material) |
| Bb | Am |
| Living in a mater | ial world |
| C7 |
| Living in a material world (material) |
| Dm | G | C |
| Living i | n a mat | erial world |
| C7 |