Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
There are some transition chords you could easily skip (e.g. Bb majorBb).
Intro:
FF E minorEm DmDm Bb majorBb
Verse 1:
A minorAm FF C majorC
I thought you were a James Dean rebel without a cause
A minorAm FF C majorC
One hand in the pocket of your blue jeans leanin' up against the wall
A minorAm FF C majorC G/BG/B
Like cigarette smoke and old school matches I would've looked good in your leather jacket
A minorAm FF C majorC
I thought you were a James Dean rebel without a cause
A minorAm FF C majorC
If this were a movie I would be your love interest
A minorAm FF C majorC
You'd steal a car, steal my heart ride into the wild sunset
A minorAm FF C majorC G/BG/B
Dancin' on the edge of no tomorrow, we would've raised hell in that El Dorado
A minorAm FF C majorC Bb majorBb
If this were a movie I would be your love interest
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Instead you picked Plain Jane
A minorAm G+G
Little miss what's her name?
FF
When you could've had fire, you could've have crazy
DmDm E minorEm G+G
Talkin' breakout, make-out, kissin' in the backseat
A minorAm FF
Dang, I was hopin' I could drive you insane
G+G
Bet your heart'll be kicking your brain, oh, what a shame
C majorC G+G
You picked Plain Jane
C majorC A minorAm FF DmDm E minorEm G+G
Plain, Plain, Plain, Jane, Jane, Jane
Verse 2:
A minorAm FF C majorC
I thought she was the harmless goody goody girl next door
A minorAm FF C majorC
That dime a dozen kind of pretty that you've seen before
A minorAm FF C majorC G/BG/B
The opposite of what you said you wanted, a Barbie doll made in mass production
A minorAm FF DmDm E minorEm Bb majorBb
I thought she was the harmless goody goody girl next door
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
So why'd you picked Plain Jane
A minorAm G+G
Little miss what's her name?
FF
When you could've had fire, you could've have crazy
DmDm E minorEm G+G
Talkin' breakout, make-out, kissin' in the backseat
A minorAm FF
Dang, I was hopin' I could drive you insane
G+G
Bet your heart'll be kicking your brain, oh, what a shame
C majorC G+G
You picked Plain Jane
C majorC A minorAm FF DmDm E minorEm G+G
Plain, Plain, Plain, Jane, Jane, Jane
Bridge:
DmDm A minorAm
Your cool turns to khakis, your Chucks turn to loafers
C majorC G+G
That jacket's a cardigan around your shoulders
DmDm A minorAm
The rebel inside you has withered and died
FF G7G7
And I cringe at the sight on the new you
Chorus:
C majorC
I'm glad you picked Plain Jane
A minorAm G+G
Little miss what's her name?
FF
When you could've had fire, you could've have crazy
DmDm E minorEm G+G
Talkin' breakout, make-out, kissin' in the backseat
A minorAm FF
Dang, I was hopin' I could drive you insane
G+G
Bet your heart'll be kicking your brain, oh, what a shame
C majorC G+G
You picked Plain Jane
N.C.
Plain, Plain, Plain, Jane, Jane, Jane