I think I'm gonna start a band
C#                          F#
The great depression is at hand
Ebm                           H
People will mourn across the land
C#                       F#
Yeah, I'm gonna start a band

(no chord)                 H
Or maybe I should write a book
C#                          F#
and let the critics have a look
Ebm                               H
They'll hail me as the new James Joyce
C#                          F#
The audience won't have a choice

                  C#
But the popstars sing:
      F#         Ebm
You know that I love you
      H          C#
You know that I need you
F#          Ebm
16 years tomorrow
    H           C#
and I'll never leave you

                     H
I'm 17 and tired of life
C#                     F#
Under my pillow is a knife
Ebm                         H
I'm sick and tired of this world
C#                          F#
But yet I haven't kissed a girl

                              H
I know this world is full of pain
C#                          F#
Oh yeah I haven't cried in vain
Ebm                           H
'Cause my dog died the other day
C#                              F#
and nothing can wash my tears away

                  C#
But the popstars sing:
      F#         Ebm
You know that I love you
      H          C#
You know that I need you
F#          Ebm
16 years tomorrow
    H           C#
and I'll never leave you

And I won't sing that I love you
I only sing things that are true
and I won't sing no la la la la la
Because I'm not in love with you

                  C#
But the popstars sing:
      F#         Ebm
You know that I love you
      H          C#
You know that I need you
F#          Ebm
16 years tomorrow
    H           C#
and I'll never leave you

      G          Em
You know that I love you
      C          D
You know that I need you
G           Em
16 years tomorrow
    C           D
and I'll never leave you    (*2)(Last time end on a G)