“Biggering” from The Lorax

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up:: [[The Lorax]] (broken link, note not found) - Chord Sheets

The epic outtake song from The Lorax about corporate (and, personal) greed

story:: [[The Lorax]] (broken link, note not found)
created:: 10:15pm, [[2021-07-06|06 July 2021]] (broken link, note not found)

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Song info

Biggering
Key of F

Chords

Intro

Dm C

Verse 1

Dm Bb Am F-C/E
Dm Bb Am Dm
At first I didn’t realize
I needed all this stuff,
I had a little cottage,
And that cottage was enough

Dm Bb Am F-C/E
A Dm Bb F
A place where I could sit and knit,
A place where I could sell my Thneeds,
But now I’ve had a little time
To re-assess my needs

Prechorus 1

D# Dm-D#-F
And I need a bigger office,
Gm-F-Gm-Dm
I need a bigger chair.
D# Dm-D#-F
A bigger desk, a bigger staff,
Gm-F-Gm-F
A bigger hat to wear

Chorus 1

G#-Gm-G# Bb-Cm Bb
G# Fm G
Because I’m biggering,
I’m figuring I’m biggering,
And biggering is triggering
More biggering

Bridge A1

Cm
Hey, listen up, meathead.

Cm Cm Bb D#-Bb
I’m going to say this once, and I’m not gonna repeat it.
Greed… ya see, it’s like a little pet, alright?

Cm Bb G Cm
And the more and more and more that you go and feed it,
The more hungry it’ll get!

Cm Cm Bb D#-Bb
But… you know, you really can’t blame greed
No, that’s stupid.
You see, it’s got a worm inside
Oh yeah, that’s right.

III vi IV I
G Cm G# D#
And it’s one that always needs to feed,
And it is never satisfied.
You get it?

Bridge A2

C#-C/C#-C# D#-Fm
But the more you try to find it,
The more it likes to hide.

C# Fm
Now listen—that is NASTY little worm
And I like to call it… “pride.”

Chorus 2

F# G# Bbm G#
See! Now, that’s why you’re biggering!
Listen here, idiot!
And figure it on biggering!

F# D#m F
But that biggering’s just triggering more biggering!
Got that? Alright!

Interlude

Am Em

Verse 2

Em C D Am-B
Em C Bm Em
There is a principle of nature,
That most every creature knows,
It’s called survival of the fittest,
And this is how it goes

Em C D Em
B Em C G
The animal that wins has got to
Claw, bite and kick and punch.
The animal that doesn’t
Winds up someone else’s lunch

Prechorus 2

F E/F-F
G Am-G-Am
E/F-F Am
A company’s an animal,
That’s trying to survive,
It’s struggling, and fighting,
Just to keep itself alive

Chorus 3

Bb Am-Bb-C
Dm C
Bb Gm Dm
I must keep biggering,
I’m figuring I’m biggering,
Though biggering is triggering more biggering

A
Bb C Dm C
Bb Gm Dm C
I won’t stop!
Biggering,
I’m figuring I’m biggering,
And biggering is triggering more biggering

Bridge B

Bb Gm Dm C
And the customers are buying,
And the money multiplying
And the PR people lying
And the lawyers are denying,

Bb Gm Dm Am
Bb Gm Dm Am
Bb Gm Dm A
Who cares if some things are dying?
I don’t wanna hear your crying!
This is all so gratifying…

Bb Am