Rock n Roll Nerd chords by Tim Minchin
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Verse 1
(A minor) He doesn't have
a problem with drugs,
he just doesn't get them. (D minor) (Bdim)
(G major) He's fine that his mates have tattoos,
but he thinks they'll (A minor) regret them.
He likes going to pubs,
but he hates it when the music's too (F major) loud.
He (G major) tends not to go to rock concerts
Cause he can't stand
the (A minor) crowds
(F major) But all he's ever wanted to (G major) be
Is a (C major) rock star on (A minor) MTV
But (F major) he knows that it's not fuck (G major) in' likely
He just turned 30
(E major) He knows that he will (A minor) always be
A rockin' raw ner (G major) d
He'll keep writing songs
(C major) the world will nev (G major) er hear
And (A minor) though they won't be (C major) heard,
he'll just keep (D minor) writing
Oh yeah, (E minor) but you (D major) see the problem is
(G minor) He al (C major) ways dreamt of being a (F major) star
But he (B flat major) learned piano instead of (E flat major) guitar
Which (D major) in the 90's didn't
get you very far
(G minor) So while (C major) the other kids
were learning (F major) stairway
He was the (B flat major) piano to their (E flat major) forte
But he was con (D major) vinced one day
he'd rock their fuckin' (E flat major) asses
Be an (D major) icon for the disenfranchised (E flat major) masses
And grow his (D major) hair long
and rebel against the (E flat major) state
But just for now that'd have to (F major) wait
Cause he's running late
(D major) for his morning (G major) classes
But he will (A minor) always be a
rock 'n 'roll nerd
(G major) He'll keep playing gigs
(C major) that no one (G major) knows about
And (A minor) though it sounds ab (C major) surd,
he'll just keep (D minor) playing
Oh yeah
(E minor) But (D major) you see, the problem is
(G minor) There's (D major) not much (C major) depth in what
he's (F major) singing
He's a (B flat major) victim of his upper
(E flat major) -middle -class upbringing
So he can't write (D major) about the hood
Or bling
-bling
(G minor) So he sits and (C major) imagines
his girlfriend is (F major) dead
So (B flat major) trying to evoke some angst
in his middle (E flat major) class head
But the bitch is always (D major) fine
at half past nine
when they go to (G minor) bed
And he's not (C major) spent a
single night (F major) in prison
He has (B flat major) no issues with (E flat major) nutrition
He has no drinking (D major) problem
and no drug addiction (E flat major)
Unless you (D major) count the
drugs they put in chicken (E flat major)
And (D major) marijuana always
tends to make him (E flat major) cough
He doesn't look good with
his t -shirt (F major) off
And when he tries to act (D major) tough
You can tell (G major) he's trickin' (G minor)
(E flat major) While his (C major) mates go out late
Pump (E flat major) ing pills and having fun
(F major) He goes home and (C major) showers
And gets a good eight hours
He gets his (E flat major) thrills from
his morning (F major) run
And while his (C major) mates go on dates
Tak (E flat major) in' speed and drinkin'
cans of Jim (F major) Beam
He stays home (C major) and cooks,
curls up with a book
With a (E flat major) girl he's had since
he was seventeen
(F major) Cos he's never really (G major) been
part of the scene
Give him (B flat major) guns and roses,
he'll take Queen
He's more into (C major) Beatles than The Stones
He's more Stevie (E flat major) Wonder than Ra (F major) mones
And he's never owned (G major) a transit van
He (G minor) never shot (B flat major) a Pantera fan
He doesn't know the (C major) difference
between metal and trash
He (C minor) couldn't tell you (E flat major) nothin'
about absolute (F major) slacks
He likes Penn (G major) Falls and the Jackson 5
He (G minor) knows all the (B flat major) words to stayin' alive
And though he (C major) wants to be
all grungy and cool
He spent eleven (E flat major) years
at a motherfuckin' (F major) private school
So it (G major) don't matter how he tries
He (B flat major) cannot hide behind his rock 'n
'roll eyes
Cause he beat the (C major) GARNET all year round
Yeah, he beat the (E flat major) ROCKET all year (F major) round
Yeah, he beat the (G minor) GARNET
all year round (B flat major)
Yeah, he beat the (C major) ROCKET all year round
Me (E flat major) got it, (F major) I don't, (B flat major) don't you know
(D major) He knows (A minor) that his music lacks depth
But it just (D major) can't be (F major) helped (G major)
(F major) He (G major) has nothing interesting to say
So he (E major) writes about himself (A minor)
But he doesn't want to
seem self -obsessed
So he writes in third (F major) person (G major) (F major)
In (G major) an attempt to seem more
rock 'n 'roll
but he sus (E major) pects it's not (A minor) working.
And (F major) deep in his heart he (G major) knows
he will never be Bono or (A minor) Bowie (C major)
(F major) And even if he was quite (G major) pretty
with small pants (E major) like Kylie
He knows that he will (A minor) al ways (F major) be (A minor)
Rockin' (G major) Ronan,
he'll be writing (C major) songs
the world don't (G major) care about
An (A minor) d though it sounds ab (G major) surd,
he'll just keep (D minor) writing
Oh yeah, (E minor) you can criticize (F major) him
But he won't (G major) care, (D minor) yeah, yeah,
cause he (D major) wants to rock
And he will (E minor) never be de (D major) terred
But (G major) I'll always be a fucked up
little try hard
wannabe rock (F major) 'n 'roll (G major) ner (G minor) (F major) (G major) d
(A minor) (E major) (C major) (D major) Rock 'n
(F major) 'roll nerd (G major) (A minor) (A minor)
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Rock n Roll Nerd
Tim Minchin
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