Key: Bb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chorus 1:
            Bb
this is the payoff payoff
              Eb
now that were on top we wont stop
      Gm              Bb
doing what we do is a dream come true
     Eb
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb
its the payoff
(cant stop cant stop)
yeah its the payoff
(cant stop, no we wont stop)


Verse 1:
  Bb                            F
remeber when you got your first drum set
    Eb
and how we used to practice in the basement
     Bb            F
when i was singing like billy joe
Eb
  (don't wanna be an american idiot)
Bb                   F
summer time came the concert
  Eb
mcdonalds wouldn't let me book it off work
     Gm                 F            Eb
so I called in sick the night of the show


Refrain:
    F                     Eb
the crowd was screaming encore


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 2:
Bb
soon enough we went 
          F
and got a tour bus
Eb
all the girls were
screaming just to fucking touch us
Bb              F          Eb
they all wanted to take us home
    Bb
now everywhere we look 
           F
we see our faces
    Eb
but we know that well 
never let that change us
      Gm            F           Eb
until oprah lets us play on her show
(play on play on her show)


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
            Bb
this is the payoff payoff
              Eb
now that were on top we wont stop
      Gm              Bb
doing what we do is a dream come true
     Eb
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb
its the payoff payoff
            Eb
yo only get one shot (one shot!)
      Gm
gotta take that chance 
    Bb
and make it last
     Eb
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb
its the payoff


Bridge:
Gm      F
we will rock you
     Eb
were going scream it out 
with the crowd tonight
Gm      F
we will rock you
     Eb
everybody singing
                      F
every word from every line
Gm      F
we will rock you (rock you)
Eb
we just (we just) got to
        Cm
this is everything 
          Bb/D    Eb(hold)
weve ever dreamed of


Verse 3:
  Bb
remeber getting drunk 
           F
around the campfire
        Eb
writing stupid songs about
becoming rockstars
   Gm         F
we never ever thought 
         Eb(hold)
it would go this far


Chorus 3:
            Bb
this is the payoff payoff
              Eb
now that were on top we wont stop
      Gm              Bb
doing what we do is a dream come true
     Eb
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb
its the payoff payoff
            Eb
yo only get one shot (one shot!)
      Gm
gotta take that chance 
    Bb
and make it last
     Eb          F
were never gonna give it up
     Gm           Bb
were never gonna stop
its the payoff


Outro:
Bb
  cant stop cant stop wont stop
wont stop no we cant stop
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