Key: Bb5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chorus 1:
            Bb5
this is the payoff payoff
              Eb5
now that were on top we wont stop
      G5              Bb5
doing what we do is a dream come true
     Eb5
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb5
its the payoff
(cant stop cant stop)
yeah its the payoff
(cant stop, no we wont stop)


Verse 1:
  Bb5                            F5
remeber when you got your first drum set
    Eb5
and how we used to practice in the basement
     Bb5            F5
when i was singing like billy joe
Eb5
  (don't wanna be an american idiot)
Bb5                   F5
summer time came the concert
  Eb5
mcdonalds wouldn't let me book it off work
     G5                 F5            Eb5
so I called in sick the night of the show


Refrain:
    F5                     Eb5
the crowd was screaming encore


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 2:
Bb5
soon enough we went 
          F5
and got a tour bus
Eb5
all the girls were
screaming just to fucking touch us
Bb5              F5          Eb5
they all wanted to take us home
    Bb5
now everywhere we look 
           F5
we see our faces
    Eb5
but we know that well 
never let that change us
      G5            F5           Eb5
until oprah lets us play on her show
(play on play on her show)


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
            Bb5
this is the payoff payoff
              Eb5
now that were on top we wont stop
      G5              Bb5
doing what we do is a dream come true
     Eb5
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb5
its the payoff payoff
            Eb5
yo only get one shot (one shot!)
      G5
gotta take that chance 
    Bb5
and make it last
     Eb5
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb5
its the payoff


Bridge:
G5      F5
we will rock you
     Eb5
were going scream it out 
with the crowd tonight
G5      F5
we will rock you
     Eb5
everybody singing
                      F5
every word from every line
G5      F5
we will rock you (rock you)
Eb5
we just (we just) got to
        C5
this is everything 
          Bb5    Eb(hold)
weve ever dreamed of


Verse 3:
  Bb5
remeber getting drunk 
           F5
around the campfire
        Eb5
writing stupid songs about
becoming rockstars
   G5         F5
we never ever thought 
         Eb(hold)
it would go this far


Chorus 3:
            Bb5
this is the payoff payoff
              Eb5
now that were on top we wont stop
      G5              Bb5
doing what we do is a dream come true
     Eb5
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        Bb5
its the payoff payoff
            Eb5
yo only get one shot (one shot!)
      G5
gotta take that chance 
    Bb5
and make it last
     Eb5          F5
were never gonna give it up
     G5           Bb5
were never gonna stop
its the payoff


Outro:
Bb5
  cant stop cant stop wont stop
wont stop no we cant stop