[Intro - BPM 135] Structure VC x 2 - Solo - VC x 2 - DGAD (De GAD - drummer) (Drums Flam B Flam B - 3&4&) [D][D][D] ([D][C#]) [Bm][Bm][Bm] ([Bm][C#]) (x2)
[Verse 1] [D] a teenage dream's so hard to beat [D][C#] [Bm] every time she walks down the street [Bm][C#] [D] another girl in the neighborhood [D][C#] [Bm] wish she was mine, she looks so good [Bm][A]
[Chorus] [G] I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight and [G#] get [A] teenage kicks right through the night
[Verse 2] [D] I'm gonna call her on the telephone [D][C#] [Bm] have her over 'cos I'm all alone [Bm][C#] [D] I need excitement, though I need it bad [D][C#] [Bm] and it's the best I've ever had [Bm][A]
[Chorus] [G] I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight and [G#] get [A] teenage kicks right through the night
[Verse 3] [D] a teenage dream's so hard to beat [D][C#] [Bm] every time she walks down the street [Bm][C#] [D] another girl in the neighborhood [D][C#] [Bm] wish she was mine, she looks so goo [Bm][A]
[Chorus] [G] I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight and [G#] get [A] teenage kicks right through the night
[Verse 4] [D] I'm gonna call her on the telephone [D][C#] [Bm] have her over 'cos I'm all alone [Bm][C#] [D] I need excitement, though I need it bad [D][C#] [Bm] and it's the best I've ever had [Bm][A]
[Chorus] [G] I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight and [G#] get [A] teenage kicks right through the night
[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--7---7--6-7---- D 0-----9---7--------- A ----------0--------- E --------------------
[Verse 1 - Over riff] [D] When I was six years [G] old I broke my leg [Bm][A] [D] And I was running [G] from my brother and [Bm] his friends [A] [D] And tasted the [G] sweet perfume of the [Bm] mountain grass as I [A] rolled down [D] I was younger [G] then, [Bm] take me back to [A] when I
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Slap snare] [G] Found my [A] heart and broke it [D] here Made friends and [G] lost them through the years [G] And I've not [A] seen the roaring [D] fields in so long, I [G] know I've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop] [D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums] [D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking [Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A] [D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and [Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends [D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday [Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it [D] Right, I was younger [G] then [Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2] [G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long, [G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [Bm][G][D][A7sus4] (Just bass drum) [Bm] One friend [G] left to sell clothes, [D] one works A7sus4] down by the coast [Bm] One had two [G] kids but lives alone, [D] one's [A7sus4] brother overdosed [Bm] One's al [G] ready on his second wife, [D] one's just [A7sus4] barely getting by but [Bm] These people [G] raised me and I-I-I, [D] can't [A7sus4] wait to go home
[Chorus 3 - Still no drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes when [Bm] we did not [A7sus4] know the answers and (full drums) [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh (slow down and quieter) [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
