Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
Esus4
D
Esus4
B
E
B
A
E
Nineteen seventy-one
B
E
We We all heard the starters gun
F#
E
New York was such a pity
C#m
B
But at Max's Kansas City we won
Verse 2
B
A
E
We all shot the shit at the bar
B
E
With Johnny O'Toole and his scar
F#
E
And then old Clive Davis said
C#m
B
I'm surely gonna make us a star
A
E
I'm gonna make you a star
A
B
A
Just the way you are
E
Verse 3
A
B
A
But with all his style
C#m
B
I could see in his eyes
A
B
A
That we is goin' to trial
Verse 4
A
C#m
B
It was no surprise
Interlude 1
B
E
Em
B
Verse 5
E
B
The boys kept kickin' ass
A
E
F#
As usual time would tell
E
Em
But some bitch in the choir
E
C#m
B
Threw water on the fires of Hell
A
E
She loved to show and tell
B
A
Lord, she loved to tell
E
Verse 6
B
A
But with all our style
C#m
B
You could see in our eyes
A
B
A
That we are still on trial
Verse 7
A
C#m
B
A
And it was no surprise
B
A
No surprise
B
A
No surprise
B
No surprise
A
Verse 8
Dm
Midnight lady
Situation fetal
Vaccinate your ass
With a phonograph needle
B
A
Verse 9
I say
Dm
Look it here, friend of mine
You scratch like you need calamine
Flamingo boots, sole's a creakin'
E
B
Still in love and Puerto Rican too
A
Rid
Verse 10
E
in' on the wheels of hell
Smokin' up our axle grease
F#
E
Em
Oh the backstage is rockin'
E
And we're coppin' from
C#m
B
the local po lice
E
That's right, the local police
B
Em
E
Or the justice of peace
A
B
A
But with all our style
Verse 11
C#m
B
You could see in our eyes
A
That we are still on trial
Verse 12
A
C#m
B
Bsus4
Baby, it's no surprise
B
No Surprise
A
B
No Surprise
Bsus4
B
No Surprise
Bsus4
B
Verse 13
Dm
Rock and roll junkie whore
Got my foot inside the door
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock
B
Nobody's keepin' score
Bsus4
B
A
Bsus4
B
Verse 14
Dm
Bad times go away
Come again some other day
Topaz and sazzafrazz
Will keep the blues away
B
A
B
A
Bsus4
Verse 15
Dm
Candy store and rock and roll
Corporation jellyroll
Play the singles, it ain't me
It's programmed insanity
Verse 16
Dm
You ASCAP
If BMI
Could ever make a mountain fly
If Japanese can boil teas
Then where the fuck's my
royalties?
Outro 1
Dm
Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow!
Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow! Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow!
B
A
B
Ow-Ow-Ow-Ow!
A
B
Dm
B
A
B
A
Bsus4
B
Dm
B
Bsus4
B
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE Esus4 D B A...
E
Esus4
D
B
A
F#
C#m
Em
Dm
Bsus4
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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