Biography:
Travis Lazarus "Travie" McCoy (born August 6, 1981 in Geneva, New York) is a rapper, singer, multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist of the alternative hip hop group Gym Class Heroes. Signed to T-Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainment, he released his solo debut album, Lazarus, on June 8, 2010. The lead single from the album, Billionaire featuring Bruno Mars, has so far reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
McCoy was born and raised in Geneva, New York. In high school, he met Matt McGinley in his gym class, and the two bonded over their love of music.
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
I tried to stick with the chords used in the videoclip. Learn the rap part too. Have fun! :))
Chords used:
A C# F#m E A(high) G#m(high) D
E 5 9 x x x x x
A 7 11 9 7 12 11 5
d 7 11 11 9 14 13 7
g 6 10 11 9 14 13 7
b 5 9 10 9 14 12 7
e 5 9 9 7 12 11 5
[Bridge: strum one bass string and then the rest, boom-chi boom-chi like]
A C#
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad
F#m E
Buy all of the things I never had
A C#
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
F#m E
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
[Chorus: the first two chords strum only one time, than the second two like in the
verse. Like this: bling, blang, boom-cha boom-cha boom-cha boom-cha]
F#m E A
Oh every time I close my eyes
F#m E A
I see my name in shining lights
F#m E A(high) G#m(high) F#m E D
A different city every night oh aaa I swear
E
the world better prepare
-drums
For when I’m a billionaire
[Verse: Like the Bridge at the first time]
A
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah, I would be the host of
C#
Everyday Christmas, give Travie a wish list
F#m
I’d probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
E
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain’t never had sh-t
A
Give away a few Mercedes like here lady have this
C#
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
F#m
Its been a couple months since I’ve single so
E
You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho
A
Get it, hehe, I’d probably visit where Katrina hit
C#
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
F#m
Yeah can’t forget about me stupid
E
Everywhere I go Imma have my own theme music
[Chorus]
F#m E A
Oh every time I close my eyes
F#m E A
I see my name in shining lights
F#m E A(high) G#m(high) F#m E D
A different city every night oh aaa I swear
E
the world better prepare
F#m
For when I’m a billionaire
F#m E F#m
Oooh oooh oooh oooh when I’m a Billionaire
F#m E
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
[Verse]
A
I’ll be playing basketball with the President, dunking on his delegates
C#
Then I’ll compliment him on his political etiquette
F#m
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
E
But keep the fives, twentys (?) completely separate
A
And yeah I’ll be in a whole new tax bracket
C#
We in recession but let me take a crack at it
F#m
I’ll probably take whatevers left and just split it up
E
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks
A
And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was
C#
Eating good sleeping soundly
F#m
I know we all have a similar dream
E
Go in your pocket pull out your wallet and put it in the air and sing
[Bridge]
A C#
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad
F#m E
Buy all of the things I never had
A C#
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
F#m E
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
[Chorus]
F#m E A
Oh every time I close my eyes
F#m E A
I see my name in shining lights
F#m E A(high) G#m(high) F#m E D
A different city every night oh aaa I swear
E
the world better prepare
F#m
For when I’m a billionaire
F#m E F#m
Oooh oooh oooh oooh when I’m a Billionaire
F#m E
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
A C#
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad
by kovacshuni
Chords used:
A C# F#m E A(high) G#m(high) D
E 5 9 x x x x x
A 7 11 9 7 12 11 5
d 7 11 11 9 14 13 7
g 6 10 11 9 14 13 7
b 5 9 10 9 14 12 7
e 5 9 9 7 12 11 5
[Bridge: strum one bass string and then the rest, boom-chi boom-chi like]
A C#
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad
F#m E
Buy all of the things I never had
A C#
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
F#m E
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
[Chorus: the first two chords strum only one time, than the second two like in the
verse. Like this: bling, blang, boom-cha boom-cha boom-cha boom-cha]
F#m E A
Oh every time I close my eyes
F#m E A
I see my name in shining lights
F#m E A(high) G#m(high) F#m E D
A different city every night oh aaa I swear
E
the world better prepare
-drums
For when I’m a billionaire
[Verse: Like the Bridge at the first time]
A
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah, I would be the host of
C#
Everyday Christmas, give Travie a wish list
F#m
I’d probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
E
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain’t never had sh-t
A
Give away a few Mercedes like here lady have this
C#
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
F#m
Its been a couple months since I’ve single so
E
You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho
A
Get it, hehe, I’d probably visit where Katrina hit
C#
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did
F#m
Yeah can’t forget about me stupid
E
Everywhere I go Imma have my own theme music
[Chorus]
F#m E A
Oh every time I close my eyes
F#m E A
I see my name in shining lights
F#m E A(high) G#m(high) F#m E D
A different city every night oh aaa I swear
E
the world better prepare
F#m
For when I’m a billionaire
F#m E F#m
Oooh oooh oooh oooh when I’m a Billionaire
F#m E
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
[Verse]
A
I’ll be playing basketball with the President, dunking on his delegates
C#
Then I’ll compliment him on his political etiquette
F#m
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it
E
But keep the fives, twentys (?) completely separate
A
And yeah I’ll be in a whole new tax bracket
C#
We in recession but let me take a crack at it
F#m
I’ll probably take whatevers left and just split it up
E
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks
A
And not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was
C#
Eating good sleeping soundly
F#m
I know we all have a similar dream
E
Go in your pocket pull out your wallet and put it in the air and sing
[Bridge]
A C#
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad
F#m E
Buy all of the things I never had
A C#
Uh, I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine
F#m E
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen
[Chorus]
F#m E A
Oh every time I close my eyes
F#m E A
I see my name in shining lights
F#m E A(high) G#m(high) F#m E D
A different city every night oh aaa I swear
E
the world better prepare
F#m
For when I’m a billionaire
F#m E F#m
Oooh oooh oooh oooh when I’m a Billionaire
F#m E
Oooh oooh oooh oooh
A C#
I wanna be a billionaire so fucking bad
by kovacshuni
