Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness – Teenage Rockstars chords

[Intro]
2x C  E  Am  F  Fm  C  G

[Verse 1]
C       E                    AmWe were kids, we played with matches
F            Fm             C           GWell we grew up, we started bands
C               E                      AmYeah we skipped school, but played the dances
F       Fm             C             GWhen we started making fans

[Bridge 1]
G                               Am           DWe blew off college, toured the country in a van
F                                   FmSometimes at the grocery store, the people say they knew me back when

[Chorus 1]
C       E       AmWe were teenage rock stars
F        Fm       C          GMade our hometown proud
C            E       AmWhen we were teenage rock stars
F                           FmWe taught ourselves to play
              CAnd we played loud

[Verse 2]
C           E                   AmWe signed a deal and made some records
F         Fm                 C        GSold out shows and married young
C         E                 AmThe money came, we started fighting
F          Fm                 C        GWe partied hard, and had our fun

[Bridge 2]
G                            Am               DWe blew off deadlines and forgot to call our friends
F                                   FmSometimes at the shopping mall, the people say they knew me back when

[Chorus 2]
C       E        AmWe were teenage rock stars
F        Fm       C       GMade our fathers proud
     C       E        AmWhen we were teenage rock stars
F                           FmWe taught ourselves to play
              CAnd we played loud

[Break 1]
   C      E         Am              F         Fm     C2x Ooh la la la la la, la la la la la, ooh la la la la

[Verse 3] (light strum this verse)
C     E             AmNow I sit at this piano
F          Fm              C        GI watch my daughter in the yard
C        E                  AmI think about those days in high school
F              Fm              C       GMy best friend playing his guitar

[Bridge 3]
G                                 Am            DIn my parents' living room, where all of this began
F                                          Fm                      n.c.And when I leave the shows these days, the people say they knew me back when

[Chorus 3]
C       E       AmWe were teenage rock stars
   F         Fm        C        GSo young and so strung out
     C       E        AmWhen we were teenage rock stars
F                               FmWe taught ourselves to play, we took the stage
              CAnd we played loud


[Outro]
   C      E         Am              F         Fm     C2x Ooh la la la la la, la la la la la, ooh la la la la