Chords Author: uniquidentity


AmDoesn't (x02210@1)have a problem with drugs,
                DmHe (xx0231@1)just doesn't do them,
     G (320003@1)       
He's fine that his mates have tattoos,
                        AmBut (x02210@1)he reckon's they'll rue them,

    Dm (xx0231@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)all he's ever wanted to be
     C (x32010@1)          G/B (143121@7)   Am (x02210@1) C/GIs (3x555x@1)a rock star on RAGE or MTV,
       Dm (xx0231@1)                     GBut (320003@1)he knows that it's not very likely,
              ENow (022100@1)that he's thirty he knows that...

E (022100@1)               Am (x02210@1)  He will always be
              GA (320003@1)rock'n'roll nerd,
                   C (x32010@1)                  G/BHe'll (143121@7)keep writing songs the world will never hear,
    Am (x02210@1)                C/GAnd (3x555x@1)though the won't be heard
              Dm/F        E(or (022100@1)minor - not sure)
He'll keep on writing, oh yeah,

        D (xx0232@1)             GmBut (355333@1)you see the problem is
          C7 (x32310@1)              FHe (133211@1)always thought he'd be a star,
              Bb (x1333x@1)             EbBut (x43121@3)he learnt piano instead of guitar,
             D (xx0232@1)                          GmWhich (355333@1)in the nineties didn't get you very far,
             C7 (x32310@1)                     F (133211@1)                   
So while the other kids were learning Stairway
           Bb (x1333x@1)           EbHe (x43121@3)was the piano to their forte,
           DBut (xx0232@1)he was convinced one day
                        EbHe'd (x43121@3)rock their fucking arses,
         D (xx0232@1)                          EbOr (x43121@3)be an icon for the disenfranchised masses,
         D (xx0232@1)                             EbGrow (x43121@3)his hair long and rebel against the state,
        Emb5               FBut (133211@1)for now that'd have to wait,
                    D/F# (200232@1)               G (320003@1)       
'Cause he's running late for his morning classes.

          CmWhile (x3101x@1)his mates all stay out late,
        Eb (x43121@3)            FPopping (133211@1)pills and havin fun, 
                  CmHe (x3101x@1)stays home and showers,
And gets a good eight hours,
            Eb (x43121@3)                     FHe (133211@1)gets his thrills from his morning run,
          CmWhile (x3101x@1)his mates all go on dates,
       Eb (x43121@3)                       FTaking (133211@1)speed and drinking cans of Beam,
                  CmHe (x3101x@1)stays home and cooks,
And curls up with a book,
                  Eb (x43121@3)             FAnd (133211@1)the girl he's had since he was seventeen

                         Gm'Cause (355333@1)he's never really been part of the scene,
                           BbWhile (x1333x@1)the other kids liked Gunners he liked Queen,     
               C7He's (x32310@1)more into Beatles that the Stones,
                 Eb (x43121@3)        FHe's (133211@1)more Stevie Wonder than Ramones,
         GmHe (355333@1)never owned a panel van,
         BbHe (x1333x@1)never shot a Sepultura fan,
                    C7He (x32310@1)doesn't know the difference between metal and thrash,
                     Eb (x43121@3)                  FHe (133211@1)couldn't tell you nothing about Axl and Slash,
             Gm (355333@1)                   
He likes Ben Folds and The Jackson Five,
                 BbHe (x1333x@1)knows all the words to Stayin' Alive,
                C7And (x32310@1)although he wants to be all grungy and cool
                Eb (x43121@3)               FHe (133211@1)spent eleven years in a private school,
              GmSo (355333@1)it doesn't matter how hard he tries,
          BbHe (x1333x@1)cannot hide behind his rock'n'roll lies,
                     C7'Cause (x32310@1)you've either got it or you don't,
                    Eb (x43121@3)           FYeah, (133211@1)you'll either rock it or you won't,
                   GmYou've (355333@1)either got it or you don't,
                    BbYeah, (x1333x@1)you'll either rock it or you wont.

C7/// Eb// F// D/Gb// E/Ab//

                  F (133211@1)              GYou (320003@1)can criticise him and he won't care,
                   F (133211@1)               C/E (x3111x@5)    D'Cause (xx0232@1)he wants to rock, and he will never be deterred,
      F/G (303211@1)                                                    CHe'll (x32010@1)always be a fucked-up little tryhard wannabe rock'n'roll nerd. 

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