Headline News Chords & Tabs
Headline News – off “Greatest Hits: Vol. 2”
By “Weird Al” Yankovic
Hi everyone. This is a cool song parodied off the Crash Test Dummies’
“Mmm mmm mmm mmm” It’s basically all rhythm and incredibly easy to
sing. Here we go.
Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
BE SURE TO PUT A CAPO ON THE 3RD FRET!
All chords in relation to the capo
Intro
Em Bm Em Bm F G F G
Verse 1
Am C G
Once there was this kid who
F C G C
Took a trip to Singapore and brought along his spray paint
F C G C
And when he finally came back
G C F C G
He had cane marks all over his bottom
G# C G# C/F* F
He said that it was from when the warden whacked it sooo hard
Chorus
Em Bm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Em Bm F G F G
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Verse 2
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Am C G
Once there was this girl who
F C G C
Swore that one day she would be a figure-skating champion
F C G C
And when she finally made it
G C F C G
She saw some other girl who was better
G# C G# C/F F
And so she hired some guy to club her in the knee cap
Chorus
Em Bm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Em Bm F G F G
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Repeat
Interlude
Dm C G
They got paid for their sound bytes
Dm C G F
They sold their TV movie rights
Verse 3
Am C G
And then there was this guy who
F C G C
Made his wife so mad one night that she cut off his weiner
F C G C
And when he finally came to
G C F C G
He saw that Mr. Happy was missing
G# C G# C/F F
He couldn’t quite explain it. It had always just been there
Chorus
Em Bm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Em Bm F G F G
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Repeat
Repeat interlude and fade out.
That’s it! Enjoy.
P.S. Here’s the diagram for that weird C/F chord:
(Remember, in relation to the capo)
From low to high:
0
3
3
0
0
0
