Tim Minchin - Rock n roll nerd

^EmDoesn't have a problem with drugs, He just doesn't ^Amget them, He's ^Dfine that his mates have tattoos, But he thinks they'll regre^Emt them,

^EmHe likes going to pubs, But he hates it when the music's^Am too loud, He t^Dends not to go to rock concerts, 'Cause he can't stand the ^Emcrowd

But ^Amall he's ever wanted to ^Dbe Is a ^Grock star on ^EmMTV, But he ^Amknows that it's not fuck^Ding likely, He's in his mid t^Bhirties

He will always ^Embe A rock'n'roll ^Dnerd, He'll keep writing so^Gngs the world will neve^G/Br hear, And though t^Emhey won't be h^Geard, He'll just k^Ameep writing. O^Bmh yeah,

But you ^Asee the problem ^Dmis, He always ^G7dreamt of being a s^Ctar, But he learnt^F7 piano inste^Bbad of guitar, Which in the nin^Aeties didn't get you very^Dm far, So while the other^G7 kids were learnin^Cg Stairway, He was the pia^F7no to their fo^Bbrte,

But he was convin^Aced one day He'd rock their fucking^Bb asses, And be an i^Acon for the disenfranchise^Bbd masses, Grow his hair long^A and rebel against t^Bbhe state, But just f^Bbor now that'd have ^Cto wait, 'Cause he's running l^Aate, for his mo^Drning classes.

And he will alwa^Emys be A rock'n'roll ne^Drd, He'll keep playing gigs that no-^Gone knows a^G/Bbout, And thou^Emgh it sounds absur^Gd He'll just keep ^Amplaying, oh ^Bmyeah,

But you se^Ae the problem ^Dmis, There's no^G7t much depth in what he's sing^Cing, He's a victim of his hap^F7py middle class upb^Bbringing, So he can't w^Arite about the hood, or bling bling,

^DmSo he sits and imagines ^G7his girlfriend i^Cs dead, To try t^F7o evoke some angst in his middle ^Bbclass head, But the bitch is always ^Afine at half past nine when they Go to be^Dmd,

And he's not spent a sin^G7gle night in pris^Con, He has no^F7 issues with nu^Bbtrition, He has no drinking problem a^And no drug addic^Bbtion. Unless you count the d^Arugs they put in ch^Bbicken, And mariju^Aana always tends to make him cou^Bbgh,

He doesn't look good with his t^C-shirt off, And when he tries to^A act tough, you can tell he's ^DTricking.

While his ^Gmates all stay out late, Popping ^Bbpills and having^C fun, He goes home and s^Ghowers,

He gets his ^Bbthrills from his morning ^Arun, While his ^Gmates all go on dates, Taking speed a^Bbnd drinking cans of Ji^Cm Beam, He stays home and ^Gcooks,

And the girl he's had sinc^Bbe he was s^Aeventeen

'Cause he's never really ^Dmbeen part of the scene, Give him Guns N Roses, he'll t^F7ake Queen, He's more into Beatle^G7s than the Stones, He's more Stevie Wo^Bbnder than Ramon^Ces, And he never o^Dmwned a Transit van, He never shot a P^Fantera fan, He doesn't know the difference between me^G7tal and thrash, He couldn't tell you noth^Bbing about Axl and Sla^Csh, He likes Ben ^DmFolds and The Jackson Five, He knows all the words to Sta^F7yin' Alive, And though he tries to be all grun^G7gy and cool

He spent eleve^Bbn years in a privat^Ce school, So it doesn't matter how^Dm hard he tries, He cannot hide behi^F7nd his rock n' roll lies, 'Cause you've either go^G7t it or you don't, Yeah, you'll either roc^Bbk it or you ^Cwon't, You've either got^Dm it or you don'^F7t, Yeah, you'll either^G7 rock it or y^Cou wont.

You've either got^Dm it or you don'^F7t, Yeah, you'll either^G7 rock it or y^Cou wont. You've either got^Dm it or you don'^F7t, Yeah, you'll either^G7 rock it or y^Cou wont. You've either got-^{Dm F7 G7 C}

^EmHe knows that his music lacks depth, But it just can't be h^Amelped, He has ^Dnothing interesting to say, So he writes about.^Em.. himself ^EmBut he doesn't want to seem self-obsessed, So he writes in third ^Amperson, In ^Dan attempt to seem more rock n' roll, But he suspects it's not ^Emworking.

And ^Amdeep in his heart he kno^Dws he, Will ^Gnever be Bono or ^EmBowie. And ^Ameven if he was quite ^Dpretty, With small pants like ^BKylie

He will always, ^EmBE A rock'n'roll ne^Drd. He'll keep writing songs the wor^Gld will nev^G/Ber hear, And thou^Emgh they won't be, ^Gno they won't be heard He'll just keep ^Amwriting. Oh ^Bmyeah.

You might not like ^Amhim, but he don't ^Bmcare, 'Cause he wants to ^Amrock, and he will ^Fnever be det^Derred, He'll ^F/Galways be a fucked-up little tryhard wannabe Am