Chords with lyrics
[Chorus]
N.C.
Na na na...
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[Verse 1]
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When I was a kid my old man said to me
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When you grow up son what cha gonna be?
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You gonna go to school and get a degree?
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Or you gonna go to work in a factory?
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I said Na na na...
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I know what I want and I know what I can
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And I wanna get a job in a rock'n roll band.
[Verse 2]
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Well the man at the desk said I know how you feel.
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But how d'ya like a job fixing automobiles
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Your card says you got no musical training
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I said hey look man you just don't get my meaning.
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I don't wanna be no guitar star
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And the man on the piano works too damn hard.
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And the bass man he don't cop for no glamour
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I wanna be the man with the fifty pound hammer going.
[Chorus]
N.C.
Na na na...
E MajorE
[Bridge]
BB
I know you get your kicks playing Hendrix licks
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You're a wizard of Wembley Central
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You're the J. S. Bach of Belsize park
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And me I'm just plain mental.
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But when I play my boogie, when I play my blues
E MajorE
It's like a whole tank regiment on the move
D MajorD
You can play the notes and you can tell the story
BB
Me I'll just settle for the power and the qlory.
[Chorus]
N.C.
Na na na...
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE