So you want to be a rock and roll star
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- G - A (2x) + G - A - G - A (2x)
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1. So you want to be a rock
and roll star,
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A
then listen
now to what I say,
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just
get an electric guitar
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then
take some time and learn how to play.
D E
And with your hair combed
right,
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D
and
your pants fit tight, it's gonna be all right.
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2. Then it's time to go
downtown,
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A
where
the agent man won't let you down,
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A G A
sell
your soul to the company,
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who
are waiting there to sell plastic ware.
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And in a week or two, if you
make the charts, the girls'll tear you apart.
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- A (2x)
+ G - A -
G - A (2x) + G - A - G - A (2x)
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3. The price you paid for your
riches and fame,
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was
it all a strange game, you're a little insane.
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The money that came and the
public acclaim,
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don't
forget what you are, you're a rock and roll star.
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+ La la
la... + G - A - G - A (4x)
+ G - A -
G - A (2x) + D
(The Byrds)