[Intro - ring B and high E open as play power chords really] [E][Bsus4-x24400][E][Asus2-x02200] X 2 (Let top two open notes ring) e|--------0--------0--------0-------0-| B|--------0--------0--------0-------0-| G|---------4-4-x-------------2-2-x----| D|-2-2-x---4-4-x----2-2-x----2-2-x----| A|-2-2-x---2-2-x----2-2-x----0-0-x----| E|-0-0-x------------0-0-x-------------|
[Verse 1 - B is Bsus4, A is Asus2] Her [E] name is Noelle [B] [E] I have a dream [A] about her. [E] She rings my bell [B] I got [E] gym class in half [A] an hour. [E] Oh, how she [B] rocks, In [E] keds and tube [A] socks, But [C#m] she doesn't know [A] who I am [B] And [C#m] she doesn't give [A] a damn [B] about me.
'Cause [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m] Yeah [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m] [E] Listen to Iron [A] Maiden [B][C#m] baby, [G#m] with me [E] ooh [A] ooh [B] ([C#m][G#m][A][B])
[Instrumental] [E][Bsus4-x24400][E][Asus2-x02200] X 2
[Verse 2] Her [E] boyfriend's a dick [B] [E] and he brings a [A] gun to school, [E] And he'd simply kick [B] My [E] ass if he knew [A] the truth. [E] He lives on my [B] block [E] And he drives and I [A] rock But [C#m] she doesn't know [A] who I am [B] And [C#m] she doesn't give [A] a damn [B] about me.
[Chorus 2] 'Cause [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m] Yeah [E] I'm just a teenage [A] dirtbag [B] ba [C#m] by [G#m] [E] Listen to Iron [A] Maiden [B][C#m] baby, [G#m] with me [E] ooh [A] ooh [B] ([C#m][G#m][A][B])
[Bridge 1] [E][Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] -------- No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[E][Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] -------- No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[Instrumental] [E][Bsus4-x24400][E][Asus2-x02200] X 2
[Verse 3] [E] Man, I feel like [B] mould, It [E] 's prom night and [A] I am lonely. [E] Lo and behold: [B] She's [E] walking over [A] to me. [E] This must be [B] fake, My [E] lip starts to [A] shake. But [C#m] How does she know [A] who I am [B] And [C#m] How does she give [A] a damn [B] about me.
[Chorus 3] (same chords but softer than previous choruses, possibly pluck certain notes) I've got two [E] tickets to [A] Iron [B] Maiden [C#m] baby [G#m] Come [E] with me Fri [A] day, don't [B] say ma [C#m] ybe. [G#m] [E] I'm just a teen[A] age dirt [B] bag [C#m] baby [G#m] like [E] you [A] ooh [B] ooh ([C#m][G#m][A][B])
[Bridge 2] [E][Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] -------- No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[E][Asus2] Yeeah [E] - [Asus2] ------- Dirtba [E] g, -- [Asus2] -------- No, [C#m] she does [G#m] n't know [A] what she's [B] missing.
[Outro] E B E A E B E(stop on E and sustain) A G#m (F#m G#m F#m) E
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
