Verse 1

| G |I′m through with standing in line to clubs I'll never get in | C |It′s like the bottom of the ninth, and I'm never gonna win | F | G |This life hasn't turned out quite the way I want it to be (Tell me what you want) | G | C |I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs and a bathroom I can play baseball in | F | G |And a king-size tub, big enough for ten plus me (Uh, so what you need?) | G | C |I′ll need a credit card that′s got no limit and a big black jet with a bedroom in it | F | G |Gonna join the mile high club at thirty-seven thousand feet (Been there, done that) | G | C |I want a new tour bus full of old guitars my own star on Hollywood Boulevard | F | G |Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me (So how you gonna do it?)

* Pre-Hook

| Bb | C |I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame I′d even cut my hair and changed my name

Hook 1

| G |'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars | Bb |And live in hilltop houses, driving fifteen cars | C |The girls come easy, and the drugs come cheap | Eb F |We′ll all stay skinny, 'cause we just won′t eat | G | Bb |And we'll hang out in the coolest bars in the VIP with the movie stars | C |Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there | Eb F |Every Playboy Bunny with her bleached blond hair, and well| Bb C | G | Bb C | G | Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar Hmm, hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

Verse 2

| G |I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels | C |Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes | F | G |Sign a couple autographs, so I can eat my meals for free (I′ll have the quesadilla, haha!) | G |I′m gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion | C |Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion | F | G |Gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me (So how you gonna do it?)

* Pre-Hook

| Bb | C |I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame I′d even cut my hair and changed my name

Hook 2

| G |'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars | Bb |And live in hilltop houses, driving fifteen cars | C |The girls come easy, and the drugs come cheap | Eb F |We′ll all stay skinny, 'cause we just won′t eat | G | Bb |And we'll hang out in the coolest bars in the VIP with the movie stars | C |Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there | Eb F |Every Playboy Bunny with her bleached blond hair, and well| G | Bb | Hide out in the private rooms with the latest dictionary, and today′s who's who | C |They′ll get you anything with that evil smile | Eb F |Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well| Bb C | G | Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar

Bridge

| Eb |I′m gonna sing those songs that offend the censors | Bb |Gonna pop my pills from a Pez dispenser | Eb |I'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs| [2/4] C | F |Lip sync ′em every night, so I don't get 'em wrong

Hook Ending

| G |Well, we all just wanna be big rockstars | Bb |And live in hilltop houses, driving fifteen cars | C |The girls come easy, and the drugs come cheap | Eb F |We′ll all stay skinny, 'cause we just won′t eat | G | Bb |And we'll hang out in the coolest bars in the VIP with the movie stars | C |Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there | Eb F |Every Playboy Bunny with her bleached blond hair, and well| G | Bb | Hide out in the private rooms with the latest dictionary, and today′s who's who | C |They′ll get you anything with that evil smile | Eb F |Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well| Bb C | G | Bb C | G | Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar