Teenage Icon- The Vaccines

Introduction:

G chord or           e--------------------------------|
                     b--------------------------------|
                     g--------------------------------|
                     d--------------------------------|
                     a-------------2----------/5------|
                     e-----1/3------------------------|  (repeat)

Verse 1

G        (or tab same as introduction)
Oh look at me so ordinary, no mystery, with no great capabilities,
    Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)              GBut (320003@1)I could make out as if I had it but you don't,
Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          
God I'm so obvious and I should let it go oh I don't know.

Chorus 1

GI'm (320003@1)no teenage icon,
C (x32010@1)       DI'm (xx0232@1)no Frankie Avalon,
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1) GI'm (320003@1)nobody's hero.
 
Verse 2

G         (or tab same as introduction)
Preserved and shy your average guy, no piercing stare, just out of shape with messy hair,
    Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)But I always figured I was somebody in wake,
Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)
  And now I'm guessing that my woman must be late cause I need her.

Chorus 2

GI'm (320003@1)no teenage icon,
C (x32010@1)        DI'm (xx0232@1)no Frankie Avalon,
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GI'm (320003@1)nobody's hero.

Solo 1: (G, C, D, Em, D, C, G, Em, D, C, G, Em, D, C, G, D)

Bridge 
 
C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)   CI'm (x32010@1)not magnetic or mythical,
C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)   CI'm (x32010@1)suburban and typical,
C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)  GBut (320003@1)I got it, I got I'm overrun with it all.

Verse 3

GSeductive (320003@1)charm a way with words so effortless not leather clad or dangerous,
    Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)           GBut (320003@1)I always did it like a real rebel would,
Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                             
  I had a photo where John Lennon may have stood, 
          Dor (xx0232@1)so I'm told.

Chorus 3

GI'm (320003@1)no teenage icon,
C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)       
I'm no Frankie Avalon,
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)DI'm (xx0232@1)nobody's hero.

Solo 2: (G, C, D, G, C, D)

Chorus 4

GI'm (320003@1)no teenage icon,
C (x32010@1)       DI'm (xx0232@1)no Frankie Avalon,
G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)  GI'm (320003@1)nobody's hero.

Lyrics may be slightly wrong since I wrote them by ear. Great song. He is a teenage icon!
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