{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1730230,"song":"Rock N Roll Nerd","artist":"Tim Minchin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1730230-rock-n-roll-nerd-chords-by-tim-minchin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1730230?type=chord","rating":4.5462,"votes":32,"content":"I didn't really like the other versions so I decided to do my own. The lyrics are those off his Heritage \r\nOrchestra recording. CAPO ON 5TH FRET.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDoesn't have a problem with drugs,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe just doesn't get them,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe's fine that his mates have tattoos,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut he thinks they'll regret them,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe likes going to pubs,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut he hates it when the music's too loud,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe tends not to go to rock concerts,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause he can't stand the crowd[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut all he's ever wanted to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nIs a rock star on MTV,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he knows that it's not fucking likely,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe's in his mid thirties [/tab]\r\n\r\nHe knows that..\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe will always be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA rock'n'roll nerd,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHe'll keep writing songs the world will never hear,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd though they won't be heard,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe'll just keep writing. Oh yeah,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut you see the problem is,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe always dreamt of being a star,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nBut he learnt piano instead of guitar,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhich in the nineties didn't get you very far,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSo while the other kids were learning Stairway,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nHe was the piano to their forte,[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut he was convinced one day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nHe'd rock their fucking asses,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd be an icon for the disenfranchised masses,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nGrow his hair long and rebel against the state,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut just for now that'd have to wait,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n'Cause he's running late, for his morning classes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he will always be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA rock'n'roll nerd,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHe'll keep playing gigs that no-one knows about,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd though it sounds absurd[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe'll just keep playing, oh yeah,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut you see the problem is,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's not much depth in what he's singing,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nHe's a victim of his happy middle class upbringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nSo he can't write about the hood, or bling bling,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSo he sits and imagines his girlfriend is dead,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nTo try to evoke some angst in his middle class head,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut the bitch is always fine at half past nine when they [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nGo to bed,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he's not spent a single night in prison,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nHe has no issues with nutrition,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe has no drinking problem and no drug addiction.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nUnless you count the drugs they put in chicken,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd marijuana always tends to make him cough,[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe doesn't look good with his t-shirt off,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when he tries to act tough, you can tell he's [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTricking.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile his mates all stay out late,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPopping pills and having fun, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe goes home and showers,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd gets a good eight hours,\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe gets his thrills from his morning run,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile his mates all go on dates,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTaking speed and drinking cans of Jim Beam,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe stays home and cooks,[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd curls up with a book,\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd the girl he's had since he was seventeen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause he's never really been part of the scene,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch] \r\nGive him Guns N Roses, he'll take Queen, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe's more into Beatles than the Stones,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's more Stevie Wonder than Ramones,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd he never owned a Transit van,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe never shot a Pantera fan,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHe doesn't know the difference between metal and thrash,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't tell you nothing about Axl and Slash,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] \r\nHe likes Ben Folds and The Jackson Five,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nHe knows all the words to Stayin' Alive,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd though he tries to be all grungy and cool[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe spent eleven years in a private school,[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo it doesn't matter how hard he tries,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nHe cannot hide behind his rock n' roll lies,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n'Cause you've either got it or you don't,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, you'll either rock it or you won't,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nYou've either got it or you don't,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, you'll either rock it or you wont.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nYou've either got it or you don't,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, you'll either rock it or you wont.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nYou've either got it or you don't,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, you'll either rock it or you wont.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou've either got-[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe knows that his music lacks depth,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut it just can't be helped,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe has nothing interesting to say,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo he writes about... himself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut he doesn't want to seem self-obsessed,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo he writes in third person,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn an attempt to seem more rock n' roll,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut he suspects it's not working.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd deep in his heart he knows he,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nWill never be Bono or Bowie.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd even if he was quite pretty,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWith small pants like Kylie [/tab]\r\n\r\nhe knows that...\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe will always, BE[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA rock'n'roll nerd.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHe'll keep writing songs the world will never hear,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd though they won't be, no they won't be heard[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe'll just keep writing. Oh yeah.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou might not like him, but he don't care,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause he wants to rock, and he will never be deterred,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F/G[/ch] \r\nHe'll always be a fucked-up little tryhard wannabe [/tab]\r\n [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"I didn't really like the other versions so I decided to do my own. The lyrics are those off his Heritage \nOrchestra recording. CAPO ON 5TH FRET.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe knows that..\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd gets a good eight hours,\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd curls up with a book,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhe knows that...\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Am","chords":["Em","Am","D","G","B","A","G/B","Bm","Dm","G7","C","F7","Bb","F","F/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}