Verse
 
      G    C    F    G 
e|----0----0----0----0------------------------| 
B|----3----0----1----3------------------------| 
G|----4----5----2----4------------------------| 
D|----5----5----3----5------------------------| 
A|----5----3----3----5------------------------| 
E|----3----0----1----3------------------------| 
 
                 G 
I'm through with standing in line to clubs we'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 
 
         G 
I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs 
      C  
And a bathroom I can play baseball in 
      F                                     G    
And a king size tub big enough for ten plus me 
 
            G 
I'll need a credit card that's got no limit 
      C     
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it 
      F                                 G 
Gonna join the mile high club at 37,000 feet 
 
         G 
I want a new tour bus full of old guitars 
       C 
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard 
    F                                             G 
Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me 
 
Pre-Chorus
 
      A#    C   
e|----0-----0----------------------| 
B|----6-----8----------------------| 
G|----7-----9----------------------| 
D|----8-----10---------------------| 
A|----8-----10---------------------| 
E|----6-----8----------------------| 
 
          A# 
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame 
         C~ 
I'd even cut my hair and change my name 
 
Chorus
 
      G    A#   C    D#   F 
e|----0----0----0----0----0-------| 
B|----3----6----1----4----1-------| 
G|----4----7----0----0----2-------| 
D|----5----8----2----5----3-------| 
A|----5----8----3----6----3-------| 
E|----3----6----3----6----1-------| 
 
          G 
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars 
            A# 
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars 
    C  
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap 
      D#                        F 
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat 
          G  
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars 
       A# 
In the VIP with the movie stars 
      C  
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there 
      D#                     F 
Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair 
 
      A#    C     G 
e|----0-----0-----0-----------------| 
B|----6-----8-----3-----------------| 
G|----7-----9-----4-----------------| 
D|----8-----10----5-----------------| 
A|----8-----10----5-----------------| 
E|----6-----8-----3-----------------| 
 
A#   C                     G 
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar 
A#   C                     G 
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar 
 
Bridge
 
      D#    A#    C     F 
e|----0-----0-----0-----0------------| 
B|----4-----6-----1-----1------------| 
G|----0-----7-----0-----2------------| 
D|----5-----8-----2-----3------------| 
A|----6-----8-----3-----3------------| 
E|----6-----6-----3-----1------------| 
 
          D# 
I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors 
      A# 
Gonna pop my pills from a pez dispenser 
         D# 
I'll get washed-up singers writing all my songs 
    C                              F~ 
Lip sync em every night so I don't get 'em wrong 
 
          G 
'Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars 
            A# 
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars 
    C  
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap 
      D#                        F 
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat 
          G  
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars 
       A# 
In the VIP with the movie stars 
      C  
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there 
      D#                     F 
Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair 
 
          G 
And we'll hide out in the private rooms 
            A# 
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who 
    C  
They'll get you anything with that evil smile 
      D#                        F 
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial and 
 
A#   C                     G 
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rockstar 
A#   C                     G 
Hey, hey, I wanna be a rawkstar