Teenage Rockstars chords by Andrew McMahon

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
2x C  E  Am  F  Fm  C  G

Verse 1:
C       E                    Am
We were kids, we played with matches
F            Fm             C           G
Well we grew up, we started bands
C               E                      Am
Yeah we skipped school, but played the dances
F       Fm             C             G
When we started making fans

Bridge 1:
G                               Am           D
We blew off college, toured the country in a van
F                                   Fm
Sometimes at the grocery store, the people say they knew me back when

Chorus 1:
C       E       Am
We were teenage rock stars
F        Fm       C          G
Made our hometown proud
C            E       Am
When we were teenage rock stars
F                           Fm
We taught ourselves to play
              C
And we played loud

Verse 2:
C           E                   Am
We signed a deal and made some records
F         Fm                 C        G
Sold out shows and married young
C         E                 Am
The money came, we started fighting
F          Fm                 C        G
We partied hard, and had our fun

Bridge 2:
G                            Am               D
We blew off deadlines and forgot to call our friends
F                                   Fm
Sometimes at the shopping mall, the people say they knew me back when

Chorus 2:
C       E        Am
We were teenage rock stars
F        Fm       C       G
Made our fathers proud
     C       E        Am
When we were teenage rock stars
F                           Fm
We taught ourselves to play
              C
And we played loud

Break 1
   C      E         Am              F         Fm     C
2x Ooh la la la la la, la la la la la, ooh la la la la

Verse 3 (light strum this verse)
C     E             Am
Now I sit at this piano
F          Fm              C        G
I watch my daughter in the yard
C        E                  Am
I think about those days in high school
F              Fm              C       G
My best friend playing his guitar

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

Chorus 3:
C       E       Am
We were teenage rock stars
   F         Fm        C        G
So young and so strung out
     C       E        Am
When we were teenage rock stars
F                               Fm
We taught ourselves to play, we took the stage
              C
And we played loud


Outro:
   C      E         Am              F         Fm     C
2x Ooh la la la la la, la la la la la, ooh la la la la