Elton John – Im Going To Be A Teenage Idol (Guitar)

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Am-G-F
              Am7           
Well there's slim times when my words won't rhyme

        C                  F
And the hills I face are a long hard climb

G                                   C        F C
I just sit cross legged with my old guitar

   Am                G                     F7
It kind of makes me feel like a rock and roll star

        Am7
Well it makes me laugh Lord it makes me cry

      C                              F
And I think for once let me just get high

G                                   C    F  C
Let me get electric put a silk suit on

Am            G             F7
Turn my old guitar into a tommy gun

    D 
And root-toot-shoot myself to fame

      Am7                              
Every kid alive gonna know my name

   D7             E7                        F7
An overnight phenomenon like there's never been

F7                     G7           A
A motivated supersonic king of the scene

     Dm           G      Dm            G
I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break

          Cmaj7            Am      Dm                 G
I'm gonna be a teenage idol no matter how long it takes

    Dm                             G
You can't imagine what it means to me

    Dm                  G             A7
I'm gonna grab myself a place in history

  F               Ab                     E7    Am      G   F
A teenage idol           that's what I'm gonna be

     Am
Well life is short and the world is rough

    C                              F
And if you're gonna boogie boy you got to be tough

G                               C   F C
Nobody knows if I'm dead or alive

Am             G                  F7
I just drink myself to sleep each night

         Am
And so I pray to the teenage god of rock

     C                          F
If I make it big let me stay on top

G                                          C  F C
You got to cut me loose from this one room dive

Am           G                      F7
Put me on the ladder keep this boy alive