E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4----------4-4------4-4----------4-4------4-4---------4-4-----------------------|
D|-----6p4-6p4------6p4------6p4-6p4------6p4------6p4-6p4-----6p4------4------4-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------4/6----4/6----4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chords used
   B  C#m  E   F#
E|-7---4---7---9----|
B|-7---5---9---11---|
G|-8---6---9---11---|
D|-9---6---9---11---|
A|-9---4---7---9----|
E|-7---x---x---x----|

[Verse]
B                           C#m
My cousin Greg, well he’s a greedy son of a bitch
     E                   F#            B
He’s making his way from Florida up to L.A.
                                  C#m
He left the Tropicana, and passed through Louisiana
   E                    F#                    B
He laughs hard, carries on, but he can barely stand ya

Riff

[Verse]
B                          C#m
All his physicist buddies, they all wear the snow white coats
    E                     F#                  B
And goggles to shield the elements from their eyes
                      C#m
Greg’s companion Andy, he lives his life
    E            F#                  B
Vicariouslyyyy      through his mathematics

[Chorus]
B                     C#m            E           F#            B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
B                     C#m            E           F#            B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight

Riff

[Verse]
B                                 C#m
Napoleon Roland James, he’s got a heart that made of brain
   E                      F#                     B
He fell in love once, and thought about it for a day
                     C#m
Hey Greg where’d you go last night, he says
                   E                F#             B
“I don’t know, but I woke up with a pocket full of loot.”

[Chorus]
B                     C#m            E           F#            B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
B                     C#m            E           F#            B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight

Riff

[Verse] (This verse is palm muted)
B                             C#m
Hey Greg, where’d one of your shoes go
                        E  F#             B
He looked at me and said…………… “That’s not important.”
B                C#m               E       F#
Please don’t you point your photon ray gun at me!!

[Chorus]
B                     C#m            E           F#            B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight
B                     C#m            E           F#            B
If you wanna live the good life, you better stay away from the limelight