How play... Rockstar de Nickelback. Guitar Cover & Tabs.

Artista: Nickelback

Álbum: All the Right Reasons

Fecha de lanzamiento: 2005

"Rockstar" es el quinto single del quinto álbum de estudio, All the Right Reasons (2005), de la banda de rock alternativo canadiense Nickelback . Fue inicialmente lanzado en Estados Unidos y Canadá, y desde entonces ha sido re-lanzado en todo el mundo. La letra cuentan los deseos pretenciosos, materialistas de un apirante a estrella de rock, que desea mucha, coches y mujeres. Colabora de forma directa Billy Gibbons de ZZ Top.

 

"Rockstar" recibió críticas abrumadoramente negativas de los críticos de música y es considerada una de las peores canciones de todos los tiempos, pero se convirtió en el mayor éxito comercial de Nickelback, alcanzando el número dos en el Reino Unido y siendo certificado disco de Platino. También ha vendido 4,5 millones de copias en los Estados Unidos.

Aquí os dejo la Cover del tema y abajo podéis ver la tab, ambas de la guitarra rítmica. Por cierto, usa afinación estándar...

VERSE 1   
                 G   
I'm through with standing in line to clubs we'll never get in,   
          C   
It's like bottom of the ninth and I'm never gonna win,   
     F                                                 G   
This life hasn't turned out quite the way I want it to be. 
    
VERSE 2   
         G   
I want a brand new house on an episode of Cribs,   
      C   
And a bathroom I can play baseball in,   
      F                                      G  
And a king size tub big enough for ten plus me.  
   
VERSE 3   
           G   
I'll need a credit card that's got no limit,   
      C   
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it,   
      F                                                 G  
Gonna join the mile-high club at thirty-seven thousand feet. 
   
VERSE 4   
         G   
I want a new tour bus full of old guitars,   
       C   
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard,   
    F                                             G    
Somewhere between Cher and James Dean is fine for me.   
   
CHORUS INTRO   
          A#   
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame,   
  C   
I'd even cut my hair and change my name.   
   
CHORUS
          G   
'Cause we all just want to be big Rockstars,   
            A#   
And live in Hilltop Houses driven fifteen cars,   
    C   
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap,   
      D#                        F   
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat,   
        G   
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars,   
       A#   
In the VIP with the movie stars,   
      C   
Every good gold diggers gonna wind up there.   
      D#                      F   
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair,   
A#  C                     G   
Hey hey I wanna be a Rockstar!   
A#   C                    G   
Hey hey I wanna be a Rockstar!
   
VERSE 1   
           G   
I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels,   
      C   
Hire eight body guards who love to beat up assholes,   
       F                                             G   
Sign a couple autographs so I can eat my meals for free.   
   
VERSE 2   
          G   
I'm gonna dress my ass with the latest fashion,   
      C   
Get a front door key to the Playboy Mansion,   
      F                                                 G     
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to blow my money for me.   
   
CHORUS INTRO   
          A#   
I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame,   
         C   
I'd even cut my hair and change my name.   
CHORUS
          G   
'Cause we all just want to be big Rockstars,   
            A#   
And live in Hilltop Houses driven fifteen cars   
    C   
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap,   
      D#                        F   
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat,   
        G   
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars,   
       A#   
In the VIP with the movie stars,   
      C   
Every good gold diggers gonna wind up there,   
      D#                      F   
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair,   
        G   
And we'll hide out in the private rooms,   
         A#   
With the latest dictionary and todays who's who,   
        C   
They'll get you anything with that evil smile,   
     D#                       F   
Everybodys got a drug dealer on speed dial,   
    A#     C                  G  
Well Hey hey i wanna be a Rockstar! 
   
BRIDGE   
          D#   
I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the censors,   
      A#   
Gonna pop my pills from a pez despenser,   
    D#   
Get washed up singers writing all my songs,   
    C                              F  
Lip sync 'em everynight so i won't get them wrong!   
   
CHORUS
          G   
Well we all just want to be big Rockstars,   
            A#   
And live in Hilltop Houses driven fifteen cars   
    C   
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap,   
      D#                        F   
We'll all stay skinny cause we just won't eat,   
        G   
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars,   
       A#   
In the VIP with the movie stars,   
      C   
Every good gold diggers gonna wind up there,   
      D#                      F   
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blonde hair,   
        G   
And we'll hide out in the private rooms,   
         A#   
With the latest dictionary and todays who's who,   
        C   
They'll get you anything with that evil smile,   
     D#                       F   
Everybodys got a drug dealer on speed dial,   
    A#     C                  G  
Well Hey hey i wanna be a Rockstar!   
  
A#     C                 G (let ring)   
Hey hey I wanna be a Rockstar!