Teenage Rockstars chords by Andrew McMahon

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
2x C majorC E MajorE A minorAm FF F minorFm C majorC G+G

Verse 1:
C majorC    E MajorE          A minorAm
We were kids, we played with matches
FF      F minorFm       C majorC      G+G
Well we grew up, we started bands
C majorC        E MajorE           A minorAm
Yeah we skipped school, but played the dances
FF    F minorFm       C majorC       G+G
When we started making fans

Bridge 1:
G+G                A minorAm      D MajorD
We blew off college, toured the country in a van
FF                  F minorFm
Sometimes at the grocery store, the people say they knew me back when

Chorus 1:
C majorC    E MajorE    A minorAm
We were teenage rock stars
FF    F minorFm    C majorC     G+G
Made our hometown proud
C majorC      E MajorE    A minorAm
When we were teenage rock stars
FF              F minorFm
We taught ourselves to play
       C majorC
And we played loud

Verse 2:
C majorC      E MajorE          A minorAm
We signed a deal and made some records
FF     F minorFm         C majorC    G+G
Sold out shows and married young
C majorC     E MajorE         A minorAm
The money came, we started fighting
FF     F minorFm         C majorC    G+G
We partied hard, and had our fun

Bridge 2:
G+G              A minorAm        D MajorD
We blew off deadlines and forgot to call our friends
FF                  F minorFm
Sometimes at the shopping mall, the people say they knew me back when

Chorus 2:
C majorC    E MajorE    A minorAm
We were teenage rock stars
FF    F minorFm    C majorC    G+G
Made our fathers proud
   C majorC    E MajorE    A minorAm
When we were teenage rock stars
FF              F minorFm
We taught ourselves to play
       C majorC
And we played loud

Break 1
  C majorC   E MajorE     A minorAm       FF     F minorFm   C majorC
2x Ooh la la la la la, la la la la la, ooh la la la la

Verse 3 (light strum this verse)
C majorC   E MajorE       A minorAm
Now I sit at this piano
FF     F minorFm       C majorC    G+G
I watch my daughter in the yard
C majorC    E MajorE         A minorAm
I think about those days in high school
FF       F minorFm       C majorC    G+G
My best friend playing his guitar

Bridge 3:
G+G                 A minorAm      D MajorD
In my parents' living room, where all of this began
FF                     F minorFm           n.s.
And when I leave the shows these days, the people say they knew me back when

Chorus 3:
C majorC    E MajorE    A minorAm
We were teenage rock stars
  FF     F minorFm    C majorC    G+G
So young and so strung out
   C majorC    E MajorE    A minorAm
When we were teenage rock stars
FF                F minorFm
We taught ourselves to play, we took the stage
       C majorC
And we played loud


Outro:
  C majorC   E MajorE     A minorAm       FF     F minorFm   C majorC
2x Ooh la la la la la, la la la la la, ooh la la la la