Key: :[E] (w: Peter Brown, Robert Rans) (BPM: 137)
INTRO: [E]
VERSE 1:
[E] Some boys kiss me,
[E] some boys hug me,
[D] I think they're o-
[C#m]-kay.
[E] If they don't give me,
[E] proper credit,
[F#m] I just walk a-
[E]-way.
[E] They can beg and,
[E] they can plead, but
[D] they can't see the
[C#m] light.
[E] 'Cause the boy with the
[E] cold hard cash, is
[F#m] always Mister
[E] Right, 'cause we are
CHORUS:
[A] Liv-
[B]-ing in a ma-
[B]-terial
[C#m] world
And
[A] I am a ma-
[B]-terial
[C#m] girl, you know that we are
[A] Liv-
[B]-ing in a ma-
[B]-terial
[C#m] world
And
[A] I am a ma-
[B]-terial
[E] girl
VERSE 2:
[E] Some boys romance,
[E] some boys slow dance,
[D] that's all right with
[C#m] me.
If
[E] they can't raise my
[E] interest then I
[F#m] have to let them
[E] be.
[E] Some boys try and
[E] some boys lie, but
[D] I don't let them
[C#m] play
[E] Only boys who
[E] save their pennies,
[F#m] make my rainy
[E] day, 'cause they are
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
BRIDGE:
[E] Living in a material world,
[D] living in a ma-
[C#m]-terial world
[E] Living in a material world,
[F#m] living in a ma-
[E]-terial world
VERSE 3:
[E] Boys may come and
[E] boys may go, and
[D] that's all right you
[C#m] see
[E] Experience has
[E] made me rich, and
[F#m] now they're after
[E] me, 'cause everybody's
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
REPEAT BRIDGE: [repeat and fade]