Rockstar (Diatonic Solo)
by Chad Kroeger / Nickelback · posted by EarthDogHarpin
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
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Rockstar (Diatonic Solo)
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.)
Tab notations:
none = blow - = draw ’ = half-step bend
” = full-step bend ob = overblow
#/words in italics = spoken
Moderately slow
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,
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.
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,
4 4 6_ -5 -5_ -5 4ob 6_ -5_4ob -5_
and a bath-room I_ can play base-ball_ in._
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.)
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
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__
-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,
4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 4ob 6__-5 4ob -5_
my own star on_ Hol-ly-wood Bou__–le- vard.
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?)
-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
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
5ob_-5 -5_ -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5
hill_– top hous-es driv-ing fif-teen cars._
4ob -5_ -5_ -5 4ob-5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_
The girls come eas-y and the drugs come cheap.
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
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.
4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5_ -5_
Ev-‘ry good gold dig-ger’s gon-na wind up_ there,
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…
6_-5_ -5__ -5 -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__
Hey,_ hey, I wan-na be a rock star.__
6__ 6ob_ 7 6 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__
Hey, hey_ I wan-na be a rock star.__
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,
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.
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,
4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 4ob 6_ 6_-5-5 4ob
get a front-door key to the Play-boy man-sion.
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?)
-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
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
5ob_-5 -5_ -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5
hill_– top hous-es driv-ing fif-teen cars._
4ob -5_ -5_ -5 4ob-5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_
The girls come eas-y and the drugs come cheap.
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
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.
4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5_ -5_
Ev-‘ry good gold dig-ger’s gon-na wind up_ there,
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
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.
4 -5 -5 -5-5 -5_ -5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_4ob
They’ll get you an-y-thing with that e_- vil smile._
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.
6_-5_ -5__ -5 -54ob -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__
Hey,_ hey, I wan-na be a rock star.__
-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
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
-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.____
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
5ob_-5 -5_ -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 6ob_ 5ob_-5
hill_– top hous-es driv-ing fif-teen cars._
4ob -5_ -5_ -5 4ob-5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_
The girls come eas-y and the drugs come cheap.
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
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.
4 4 6_ -5_ -5 -5 -5 4ob 6_ -5_ -5_
Ev-‘ry good gold dig-ger’s gon-na wind up_ there,
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
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.
4 -5 -5 -5-5 -5_ -5 4ob 5ob_ -5_ -5_4ob
They’ll get you an-y-thing with that e_- vil smile._
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.
6_-5_ -5__ -5 -5 4ob -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__
Hey,_ hey, I wan-na be a rock star.__
6__ 6ob__ 7 6 -5 -5 4ob 6_ 4ob_4__
Hey, hey,_ I wan-na be a rock star.__
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