Lone Star chords by Lori McKenna

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A  D  A  D
A  D  A  D

Verse 1:
A                  D
All the geeks from high school
A                    D
Go on to become rock stars
A                    D
All the others reach their peak
          A             D
And then don't know who they are
B7
You can always find them at
    E            D         A                  D
The bar downtown talkin' 'bout the old days

A  D

Verse 2:
A                    D
You bully boys would chase him
A                      D
Down the halls of that school
A
The teachers didn't care
                       D         A
'cause they all wished they were cool
B7
You know you'd beat him senseless
E             D              A         D
If you could, and you always could

Chorus:
D        A           D
Kill the weak, lone star
       A             D
We all want to be popular
        A                   D
Run him down and by some miracle
B7          D            A         D
We will all become beautiful ...

A  D

Verse 3:
A                  D
Then the day comes when you hear
A                  D
His song on the radio
A              D
You realize he never made it to the
          A                   D     A
Five-year reunion a few years ago
B7                             E
Where you sat back and drank a beer
                 D                   A        D
To the old class geek who's probably queer

Bridge:
E
And the fat girl at the prom
D
The one who had her mother's dress on
E
She's smiling on the video
               D                       A
And you're the cashier down at the old Texaco

Chorus:
D        A           D
Kill the weak, lone star
       A             D
We all want to be popular
        A                   D
Run him down and by some miracle
B7          D            A         D
We will all become beautiful ...

A  D

Verse 4:
A              D                  A                 D
So you got the day off today from that job that you hate
A                       D
Your ex-wife is leaving messages on your machine
      A                           D
About how your alimony payment is late
B7                                     E
But the big arena's filling up for the show
                D              A
And you and the boys are gonna go

Chorus:
D        A           D
Kill the weak, lone star
       A             D
We all want to be popular
        A                   D
Run him down and by some miracle
B7          D
We will all become
B7          D            A         D
We will all become beautiful ...

A  D
A  D
A  D

Outro:
B7                        E
Tell all the pretty girls in the beer line
D
How you are a good friend of mine ...