[code] Rockstar w/Chords (Diatonic) Lyrics by Chad Kroeger Music by Nickelback Key of G Major Range E4 to G5 Tabbed for a Key of G Richter tuned diatonic. (But will likely work well with any key diatonic.) Chord notation is for guitar, piano, or any other accompanying instrument.
Tab notations: none = blow - = draw ’ = half-step bend ” = full-step bend ob = overblow #/words in italics are spoken
Moderately slow G 5 -4 4 -4 5 5 5_ 5 -4 4 -4 5 5_ 5 I’m through with standing in line to clubs I’ll never get in, C 5 4 4 6 -5 -5 4ob -5_ -5 4ob 6 -5 -5 4ob -5_ it’s like the bot-tom of the ninth and I’m ne-ver gon-na win. F G 4_ 6_ -5 4ob -5 -5_ 6_ -5 -5 -5 -5 4 -3” 5___ This life has-n’t turned out quite the way I want it to be._
4 4 4 4 4__ (Tell me what you want.)
5 -4 4 -4_ 5_ 5_ -4 4 -4 5 5 5 5_ I want a brand-new house on an ep-i-sode of Cribs, C 4 4 6_ -5 -5_ -5 4ob 6_ -5_4ob -5_ and a bath-room I_ can play base-ball_ in._ F G 4 4 6_ -5_ -5_ -5 4ob 6_ -5 -5_ 4_ 5__ And a king-size tube big e- nough for ten plus me.
4 4 4 4 4__ (Go for what you need.) G 5 -4 4 4 -4 5 5_ 4 -4_ 5_ 5_ 5 4 4 I’ll need a, a cred-it card that’s got no lim-it and a C F 6_ -5_ -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5_4ob -5_ -5 4 4 6 -5 -5_4ob big black jet with a bath-room in_ it. Gon-na join the mile__ G -5_ -5 4ob 6 -5 -5 4ob -5 4_ 5__ high club at thir-ty-sev-en thou-sand feet.
4_ 4__ 4_ 4_ (Been there, done that.)
5 -4 4 -4_ 5_ 5_ -4 4 -4_ 5 5__ I want a new tour bus full of old gui-tars,
C 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 4ob 6__-5 4ob -5_ my own star on_ Hol-ly-wood Bou__–le- vard. F G 4 6_ -5 -5_ -5_ 4ob 6_ -5_ -5 -5 4 5__ Some-where be-tween Cher and James Dean is fine for me.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4_ (So, how you gon-na do it?) Bbsus2 -3’ 4 4 6_ -5_ -5_ 4ob 6_ -5 4ob -5_ I’m gon-na trade this life for for-tune and fame,
4 4 4 6_ -5_4ob -5 4ob 6_ -5_ -5_4ob_ I’d e-ven cut my_ hair and change my_ name.__
Chorus G 4 4 7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6 6_ 7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6ob 6ob 7 ‘Cause we all just wan-na be big rock-stars and live in Bb 5ob_-5 -5_ -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5 hill_– top hous-es driv-ing fif-teen cars._ C 4ob -5_ -5_ -5 4ob-5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_ The girls come eas-y and the drugs come cheap. Eb F G 4ob 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5 -5 4ob We’ll all stay skin-ny ‘cause we just won’t eat.__ And we’ll Bb 7_ 6ob 6ob 6 7_ 6ob 6ob_6 4 4 4_ 6_ -5_ -5 4ob 6_ 6ob -5_ hang out in the cool-est bars, in the V. I. P. with the mov-ie stars. C 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5_ -5_ Ev-‘ry good gold dig-ger’s gon-na wind up_ there, Eb F Bb 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ -5_ -5 -5 ev-‘ry Play-boy bun-ny with the bleach-blond hair. And we’ll… C G Bb 6_-5_ -5__ -5 -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__ Hey,_ hey, I wan-na be a rock star.__ C G 6__ 6ob_ 7 6 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__ Hey, hey_ I wan-na be a rock star.__ G 5 -4 4 -4_ 4 -4 5 5_ 4 -4_ 5_ 5_ 5 I wan-na be_ great like Elvis, with-out the tas-sels, C 4 4 6_ -5 -5 -5 4ob -5 -5 6 -5 -5 -5 Hire eight bo-dy-guards who love to beat up ass-holes. F G 4 4 6 -5 -5 4ob -5 4ob 6 -5 -5 4ob -5 4_ 5__ Sign a cou-ple au-to- graphs so I can eat my meals for free.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 (I’ll have the que-sa-dil-la, ha, ha)
5 -4 4 -4_ 5_ 5_ -4 4 -4_ 5 5 -4 I’m gon-na dress my ass with the lat-est fash-ion, C 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6_-5-5 4ob get a front-door key to the Play-boy man-sion. F G 4 4 6_ -5 -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 4 5__ Gon-na date a cen-ter-fold that loves to blow my mon-ey for me.
4 4 4 4 4 4 4_ (So how ya gon-na do it?) Bbsus2 -3’ 4 4 6_ -5_ -5_ 4ob 6_ -5 4ob -5_ I’m gon-na trade this life for for-tune and fame,
4 4 4 6_ -5_4ob -5_ 4ob 6_ -5 -5_4ob_ I’d e-ven cut my___ hair and change my name.__
Chorus G 4 4 7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6 6_ 7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6ob 6ob 7 ‘Cause we all just wan-na be big rock-stars and live in Bb 5ob_-5 -5_ -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5 hill_– top hous-es driv-ing fif-teen cars._ C 4ob -5_ -5_ -5 4ob-5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_ The girls come eas-y and the drugs come cheap. Eb F G 4ob 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5 -5 4ob We’ll all stay skin-ny ‘cause we just won’t eat.__ And we’ll Bb 7_ 6ob 6ob 6 7_ 6ob 6ob_6 4 4 4_ 6_ -5_ -5 4ob 6_ 6ob -5_ hang out in the cool-est bars, in the V. I. P. with the mov-ie stars. C 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5_ -5_ Ev-‘ry good gold dig-ger’s gon-na wind up_ there, Eb F G 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ -5_ -5 -5 ev-‘ry Play-boy bun-ny with the bleach-blond hair. And we’ll
7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6 7_ 6ob 6ob_6 hide out in the pri-vate rooms Bb 4 4 4 4 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ -5_4ob with the lat-est dic-tion-ar-y and to-day’s Who’s Who. C 4 -5 -5 -5-5 -5_ -5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_4ob They’ll get you an-y-thing with that e_- vil smile._ Eb Bb 4 4 6 -5 -5 4 -5 4ob 4ob 6_ 7_ 6 -5_ Ev-ry-bod-y’s got a drug deal-er on speed di-al. C G 6_-5_ -5__ -5 -54ob -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__ Hey,_ hey, I wan-na be a rock star.__ Eb -3’ 4 4 7_ 5ob_ -5_ -5 4ob -5_ -5 6_ 4 4 4 I’m gon-na sing those songs that of-fend the cen-sors. Gon-na Bb Eb 6_ -5_ -5_ -5 4ob -5_ 4ob -5_ 4 4 7_ 5ob -5 4ob -5 4ob pop my_ pills from a Pez dis-pen-ser. Get washed up sing-ers writ-ing C F -5_ 6_ 6_ 4 6 -5 -5 4ob -5 -5 -5 4ob 6 -5 4ob_-5____ all my songs. Lip sync ‘em ev-‘ry night so I don’t get ‘em wrong.____ G 4 4 7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6 6_ 7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6ob 6ob 7 Well, we all just wan-na be big rock-stars and live in Bb 5ob_-5 -5_ -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5 hill_– top hous-es driv-ing fif-teen cars._ C 4ob -5_ -5_ -5 4ob-5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_ The girls come eas-y and the drugs come cheap. Eb F G 4ob 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5 -5 4ob We’ll all stay skin-ny ‘cause we just won’t eat.__ And we’ll Bb 7_ 6ob 6ob 6 7_ 6ob 6ob_6 4 4 4_ 6_ -5_ -5 4ob 6_ 6ob -5_ hang out in the cool-est bars, in the V. I. P. with the mov-ie stars. C 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5_ -5_ Ev-‘ry good gold dig-ger’s gon-na wind up_ there, Eb F G 4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ -5_ -5 -5 ev-‘ry Play-boy bun-ny with the bleach-blond hair. And we’ll
7_ 6ob_ 6ob 6 7_ 6ob 6ob_6 hide out in the pri-vate rooms Bb 4 4 4 4 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ -5_4ob with the lat-est dic-tion-ar-y and to-day’s Who’s Who. C 4 -5 -5 -5-5 -5_ -5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_4ob They’ll get you an-y-thing with that e_- vil smile._ Eb Bb 4 4 6 -5 -5 4 -5 4ob 4ob 6_ 7_ 6 -5_ Ev-ry-bod-y’s got a drug deal-er on speed di-al. C G Bb 6_-5_ -5__ -5 -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__ Hey,_ hey, I wan-na be a rock star.__ C G 6__ 6ob__ 7 6 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__ Hey, hey,_ I wan-na be a rock star.__
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