band: Social Distortion song: I Wasn't Born To Follow album: Sex, Love and Rock'n'Roll Guitarists: Mike Ness and Jonny "2 bags" Wickersham tuning: standard(EBGDAE) pretty cool song, and plus like all Social Distortion songs easy to play intro:chord E------| B------| G--10--| D--10--| A--8---| E------| verse:chords E-----------------------------------| B-----------------------------------| G--10-10------10-10---------10------| D--10-10--10--10-10--10--8--10--10--| A--8--8---10--8--8---10--8--8---10--| E---------8----------8---6------8---| chorus: E-------------| B-------------| G-----10------| D--8--10--10--|2x A--8--8---10--| E--6------8---| lyrics: When I grow up, gonna be a star Gonna sing my songs and play my guitar, im ready gonna change the world, gonna turn the page gonna say what i feel, let out this rage, get ready we're going down, down to the streets below gonna sing the songs of the streets again gonna knock me off my feet so get ready I'll sing a song for the fallen angels This one goes to all the unsung heroes [Chorus:] We're Going Down, Down to the streets below 'cause don't you know, I wasn't born to follow I realize that in your eyes you got ideas but i got mine, get ready here comes the new generation hope they feel and fight the same way as we did [Chorus] When I grow up, gonna be a star gonna sing my songs and play my guitar, im ready Gonna change the world, gonna turn the page Gonna say what I feel, let out this rage, get ready we're going down, down to the streets below I said "goodbye to the masses, I wan't born to follow" there you go