Nickelback - Rockstar

verse 1
F
i’m through with standing in line to clubs we’ll never get in ,
A#
it’s like bottom of the ninth and i’m never gonna win ,
D# A#
this life hasn’t turned out quite the way i want it to be .

verse 2
tell me what ya want
F
i want a brand new house on an episode of cribs ,
A#
and a bathroom i can play baseball in ,
D# A#
and a king size tub big enough for ten plus me .

verse 3
tell me what you need
F
i’ll need a credit card that’s got no limit ,
A#
and a big black jet with a bedroom in it ,
D# A#
gonna join the mile – high club at thirty – seven thousand feet .

verse 4
been there done that
F
i want a new tour bus full of old guitars ,
A#
my own star on hollywood boulevard ,
D# A#
somewhere between cher and james dean is fine for me .

chorus intro
A#
i’m gonna trade this life for fortune and fame ,
D#
i’d even cut my hair and change my name .

chorus 1
F
’cause we all just want to be big rockstars ,
A#
and live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars ,
C#
the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap ,
A#
we’ll all stay skinny cause we just won’t eat ,
F
and we’ll hang out in the coolest bars ,
A#
in the vip with the movie stars ,
C#
every good gold diggers gonna wind up there .
A#
every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair ,
A# D# F
hey hey i wanna be a rockstar!
A# D# F
hey hey i wanna be a rockstar!

verse 5

i wanna be great like elvis without the tassels ,
hire eight body guards who love to beat up assholes ,
sign a couple autographs so i can eat my meals for free

verse 6
i’ll have a quesadilla ha ha

i’m gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion ,
get a front door key to the playboy mansion
gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me .

chorus intro
how ya gonna do it

i’m gonna trade this life for fortune and fame ,
i’d even cut my hair and change my name .

chorus 2

’cause we all just want to be big rockstars ,
and live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
we’ll all stay skinny cause we just won’t eat ,
and we’ll hang out in the coolest bars ,
in the vip with the movie stars ,
every good gold diggers gonna wind up there ,
every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair ,
and we’ll hide out in the private rooms ,
with the latest dictionary and today’s who’s who
they’ll get you anything with that evil smile ,
everybody’s got a drug dealer on speed dial ,
well hey hey i wanna be a rockstar!

bridge

i’m gonna sing those songs that offend the censors ,

gonna pop my pills from a pez despenser ,

get washed up singers writing all my songs ,

lip sync ’em everynight so i won’t get them wrong!

chorus 2

’cause we all just want to be big rockstars ,
and live in hilltop houses driven fifteen cars
the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap ,
we’ll all stay skinny cause we just won’t eat ,
and we’ll hang out in the coolest bars ,
in the vip with the movie stars ,
every good gold diggers gonna wind up there ,
every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair ,
and we’ll hide out in the private rooms
with the latest dictionary and todays who’s who ,
they’ll get you anything with that evil smile ,
everybodys got a drug dealer on speed dial ,
well hey hey i wanna be a rockstar