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Rockstar
Nickelback
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ROCKSTAR
***The song was originally written in the key of G, i changed it to D so i can
sing it in my range, but this is a warning it will not sound liek the recording
D
I'm through with standing in line to clubs we'll never get in,
G
It's like bottom of the ninth and I'm never gonna win,
C G D
This life hasn't turned out quite the way I want it to be.
VERSE 2
tell me what ya want
D
I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs,
G
And a bathroom I can play baseball in,
C G D
And a king size tub big enough for ten plus me.
VERSE 3
tell me what you need
D
I'll need a credit card that's got no limit,
G
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it,
C G D
Gonna join the mile-high club at thirty-seven thousand feet.
VERSE 4
been there done that
D
I want a new tour bus full of old guitars,
G
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard,
F G D
Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me.
CHORUS INTRO
C
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame,
G
I'd even cut my hair and change my name.
CHORUS 1
A
'Cause we all just want to be big Rockstars,
G
And live in Hilltop Houses driven fifteen cars,
D
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap,
C D
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat,
E
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars,
G
In the VIP with the movie stars,
D
Every good gold diggers gonna wind up there.
C D
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair,
G A E
Hey hey i wanna be a Rockstar!
G A E
Hey hey i wanna be a Rockstar!
VERSE 5
D
I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels,
G
Hire eight body guards who love to beat up assholes,
C G D
Sign a couple autographs so I can eat my meals for free
VERSE 6
I'll have a quesadilla ha ha
D
I'm gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion,
G
Get a front door key to the Playboy Mansion,
C G D
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me.
CHORUS INTRO
how ya gonna do it
C
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame,
G
I'd even cut my hair and change my name.
CHORUS 2
E
'Cause we all just want to be big Rockstars,
G
And live in Hilltop Houses driven fifteen cars
D
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap,
C D
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat,
E
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars,
G
In the VIP with the movie stars,
D
Every good gold diggers gonna wind up there,
C D
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair,
E
And we'll hide out in the private rooms,
G
With the latest dictionary and todays who's who,
D
They'll get you anything with that evil smile,
C D
Everybodys got a drug dealer on speed dial,
G A E
Well Hey hey i wanna be a Rockstar!
BRIDGE
D
I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors,
A
Gonna pop my pills from a pez despenser,
G
Get washed up singers writing all my songs,
A
Lip sync 'em everynight so i won't get them wrong!
CHORUS 2
E
'Cause we all just want to be big Rockstars,
G
And live in Hilltop Houses driven fifteen cars
D
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap,
C D
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat,
E
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars,
G
In the VIP with the movie stars,
D
Every good gold diggers gonna wind up there,
C D
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair,
E
And we'll hide out in the private rooms,
G
With the latest dictionary and todays who's who,
D
They'll get you anything with that evil smile,
C D
Everybodys got a drug dealer on speed dial,
G A E
Well Hey hey i wanna be a Rockstar