Difficulty
Intermediate 💪
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
🎸 Intro:
Let's go
🎸 Verse 1:
C#m B
When I was 15 nobody
E
was listening Truth
A
be told got kicked
out the hockey team
C#m B
Traded my skates for
A
a skateboard Don't tell
me not to do it cause
F#m
I'm gonna do it more!
🎸 Verse 2:
C#m B
They say you're not
E
like any other girl
A
In the city yeah
C#m
With all those
B
baggy clothes
A
They won't think
F#m
you're pretty
🎸 Chorus 1:
E F#m
I Made a dream made a dream
A
Of a Teenage Nightmare
E F#m
Yeah it seemed yeah it seemed
A
Like I didn't belong there
C#m B
Went to sleep in New York
A
And woke up in LA
E F#m
I Made a dream made a dream
A
Of a Teenage Nightmare
🎸 Verse 3:
C#m B
I turned 16 now they're
E
all missing me Trucker hat
A
tie on now they won't forget
C#m
me Came in a moment just
B A
had an epiphany If I had to
F#m
do it all again I wouldn't
do it differently
🎸 Verse 4:
C#m B
They say you're not
E
like any other girl
A
In the city yeah
C#m
With all those
B
baggy clothes
A
They won't think
F#m
you're pretty
🎸 Chorus 2:
E F#m
I Made a dream made a dream
A
Of a Teenage Nightmare
E F#m
Yeah it seemed yeah it seemed
A
Like I didn't belong there
C#m B
Went to sleep in New York
A
And woke up in LA
E F#m
I Made a dream made a dream
A
Of a Teenage Nightmare
🎸 Bridge:
G#m A
Don't wake me up
G#m B
Don't wake me up
G#m A B
Don't wake me up
G#m A
Don't wake me up
G#m B
Don't wake me up
G#m A B
Don't wake me up
Chorus 3/🎸 Outro:
E
I Made a dream made a dream
Of a Teenage Nightmare
Yeah it seemed yeah it seemed
Like I didn't belong there
C#m B
Went to sleep in New York
A
And woke up in LA
E F#m
I Made a dream made a dream
A
Of a Teenage Nightmare
Chords Instructions:
E - 022100
B - x24442
C#m - x46654
A - x02220
F#m - 244222
G#m - 466444
Song History
Published: November 27, 2022
Last Updated: February 12, 2026