CAKE – Rock N Roll Lifestyle (Guitar)

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ROCK'N'ROLL LIFESTYLE As recorded by CAKE (From the 1994 Album MOTORCADE OF GENEROSITY) [Intro] E A B E A B E A B E [Verse 1]
A     B    E                   A
Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly

B                             A
How much did you pay for your Bad Moto Guzzi?

B   E                              A
And how much did you spend on your black leather jacket

      B N.C.
Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?

E
Now tickets to concerts

    A
And drinking at clubs

   B             A
Is sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of

    E                             A
And how much did you pay for your rock and roll t-shirt     

     B N.C.
That proves you were there
N.C. That you heard of them first? [Chorus]
     E                      A
Now, how do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?

B            A                           B 
How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?

                       A               B       E
How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? Tell me
[Interlude] E A B A B E A B A E A B A B [Verse 2]
E                            A
How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar?

           B                         A
The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show

    E                          A
And how much will he pay for a brand new guitar?

                B N.C.
One which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show

    E                              A
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones?

   B N.C.
As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones

    E                              A
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones?

   B N.C.
As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones
[Guitar Solo] E B A7 E7 A B A [Verse 3]
E
Aging black leather

    A
And hospital bills

    B
And tattoo removal

    E      A
And dozens of pills

     E                            A
Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments

    B N.C.
But rock on completely with some brand new components
[Chorus]
     E                      A
Now, how do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?

B            A                           B 
How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle?

                       A               B       E
How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? Tell me
[Interlude] E A B A B E [Verse 3]
E
Excess ain't rebellion

A                         B       A
You drinkin' what they're sellin'

                              E
Your self-destruction doesn't hurt them

A                B           A
Your chaos won't convert them

                      E
They're so happy to rebuild it

A                   B      A
You'll never really kill it

               E
Excess ain't rebellion

A                         B    A  
You drinkin' what they're sellin?

               E
Excess ain't rebellion

A                    B       A
You drinkin', you're drinking 

                                E      A  B E  A  B  E
You're drinkin' what they're... sellin'