A5
Doesn't have a problem with drugs,
                D5
He just doesn't do them ,
     G5         
He's fine that his mates have tattoos,
                        A5
But he reckon's they'll rue them ,

    D5                      G5
And all he's ever wanted to be
     C5            G5     A5   C5
Is a rock star on RAGE or MTV,
       D5                       G5
But he knows that it's not very likely,
              E5
Now that he's thirty he knows that...

E5                 A5
   He will always be
              G5
A rock'n'roll nerd,
                   C5                    G5
He'll keep writing songs the world will never hear,
    A5                  C5
And though the won't be heard
              Dm/F        E (or minor - not sure)
He'll keep on writing, oh yeah,

        D5               G5
But you see the problem is
          C5                F5
He always thought he'd be a star,
              Bb5               Eb5
But he learnt piano instead of guitar,
             D5                            G5
Which in the nineties didn't get you very far,
             C5                       F5                     
So while the other kids were learning Stairway
           Bb5             Eb5
He was the piano to their forte,
           D5
But he was convinced one day
                        Eb5
He'd rock their fucking arses,
         D5                            Eb5
Or be an icon for the disenfranchised masses,
         D5                               Eb5
Grow his hair long and rebel against the state,
        Emb5               F5
But for now that'd have to wait,
                    D5                 G5         
'Cause he's running late for his morning classes.

          C5
While his mates all stay out late,
        Eb5              F5
Popping pills and havin fun, 
                  C5
He stays home and showers,
And gets a good eight hours,
            Eb5                       F5
He gets his thrills from his morning run,
          C5
While his mates all go on dates,
       Eb5                         F5
Taking speed and drinking cans of Beam ,
                  C5
He stays home and cooks,
And curls up with a book,
                  Eb5               F5
And the girl he's had since he was seventeen

                         G5
'Cause he's never really been part of the scene,
                           Bb5
While the other kids liked Gunners he liked Queen,     
               C5
He's more into Beatles that the Stones,
                 Eb5          F5
He's more Stevie Wonder than Ramones,
         G5
He never owned a panel van,
         Bb5
He never shot a Sepultura fan,
                    C5
He doesn't know the difference between metal and thrash,
                     Eb5                    F5
He couldn't tell you nothing about Axl and Slash,
             G5                     
He likes Ben Folds and The Jackson Five,
                 Bb5
He knows all the words to Stayin' Alive,
                C5
And although he wants to be all grungy and cool
                Eb5                 F5
He spent eleven years in a private school,
              G5
So it doesn't matter how hard he tries,
          Bb5
He cannot hide behind his rock'n'roll lies,
                     C5
'Cause you've either got it or you don't,
                    Eb5             F5
Yeah, you'll either rock it or you won't,
                   G5
You've either got it or you don't,
                    Bb5
Yeah, you'll either rock it or you wont.

C/ Eb/ F/ D/ E/

                  F5                G5
You can criticise him and he won't care,
                   F5                 C5      D5
'Cause he wants to rock, and he will never be deterred,
      F5                                                      C5
He'll always be a fucked-up little tryhard wannabe rock'n'roll nerd.