Fm A C A
Ab Db Ab B Db
Ab Db Ab E

[Verse 1]
Ab                           Db        Abm
I bought a Tascam reel and a cast iron pan
Abm                       Ebm
A flask of Tequila, a fountain pen
Ab                          Db              Eb
A sexy typewriter, from way back when
Ab                           Db
I bid a fond farewell to my bestest friends
Ab                      Bb7  Eb
I packed my possessions in a U-Haul van
Ab                             Db               Eb
I soared, like a sailor to the promised land

[Pre-Chorus]
Fm             Eaug          Fm7
Once I saw the aqueducts and statues
E            Dbm
I knew what I had to do
E
I'd do

[Chorus]
E         B      Ab   Db Ab
Do as the Romans do
Db        Ab      Ab  Db Ab E Eb
Do as the Romans do

[Verse 2]
Eb                           Db
I found a one-bedroom with a bird's eye view
Ab                           A7
Rode the F train just to see Second Avenue
Ab                       Db      Eb  Db
Where the bath house was bumpin' the dubstep blues
Eb        Ab
Swinging!
Abm                                       Db
They're sipping cane sugar sodas and top shelf booze
Db  Ab                      Eb
Mix Ralph Lauren togas with thrift-shop shoes
Ab                           Db                   Eb
Meeting 9 to 5 quotas with a-nothin' to lose

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Fm               Eaug
They like to see pictures
Eaug      Fm7
They like captions
Ab        D                   Dbm
They like songs with lots of 'oohs'
Dbm            E              B      Ab    Db  Ab
That's how you do...do as the Romans do

[Chorus]
B  Db            Ab7  Db  Ab
Do as the Romans do
E         B      Ab   A
Do as the Romans do
A          Ab        Gb D E
Do as the Romans do

[Bridge]
Emaj7         Bmaj7
Sing with the sirens
Emaj7        Bmaj7
What do they tell you?
Emaj7    Bmaj7
Isn't it lovely
Cm7       F7      Amaj7
When they scream?

[Guitar Solo]
Db Abm B Db Ab Db Abm E
B Abm Db Ab B Db Ab Db
Ab E B

[Verse 3]
Bmaj7 Emaj7                   Fm
I     showed up to the alley with my tin pan
Ab    Eb             Ab          Eb
With a middle finger stickin' up to the man
Eb      Abm                         Db
But the miners in the alley traded tin pans
Eb
For the Silicon Valley and a business plan
Ab                    Db
So I tattooed my face onto my hand
Abm                      Eb
And unto my own image I built a brand
Ab                              Db
Now as soon as I have a million faceless fans
Eb
That's when I'mma start movin' those cheap head bands

[Pre-Chorus 3]
Fm               Eaug
They like to see pictures
Eaug       Fm7
They like captions
Fm
They like songs with lots of
Fm            Eaug
Talk about my social status
Fm7
Add me to your list, I want to
Fm                  Cm      Ab                    Fm
These days we build empires in much less than one day
   Dbm
Oh yes, it's true
Dbm
And you can too
        E
As long as you do

[Outro]
E         B      Ab  Db Ab B
Do as the Romans do
B  Db            Ab  Db Ab E
Do as the Romans do
E         B      Ab  Db Ab B
Do as the Romans do
B  Db            Ab  Db Ab B
Do as the Romans do
B
Do as the Romans
Gb
Do as the Romans
Gb
Do as the Romans
Gb
Do as the Romans
Gb        E
Do as the Romans
E         B
Do as the Romans
E         B
Do as the Romans
E         B
Do as the Romans do!