Key: B
Introduction:
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Well I was born
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The year that disco died
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And U2 was in high school
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Thank the Lord that they survived
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Got my first taste, on a Seger 45
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And since that Kiss I rocked out
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All day and partied every night
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We still argue about who's better
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Elton John or Billy Joel
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We still wonder if Kurt really
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Wrote the song she sang in Hole
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No we'll never stop believing
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That's the Journey of our lives
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So won't you help me 'Pour Some Sugar
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On these memories tonight?
Sing it
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Long live rock
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Long live roll
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Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sing it
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Don't give up, don't grow old
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Long live crazy nights and records made of gold
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Long live rock and roll
G Em
Summer of '96, I got my first guitar
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I played it till my fingers said
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"You're gonna be a star"
G Em
Grunge was everything, at least it was to me
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A Marshall in my Chevy Sprint
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Just running down a dream
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We still argue about who's better
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Motley Crew or G&R
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We still can't believe Van Halen
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Turned into Van Hagar
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Now the record shops are gone for good
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And no one seems to care
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But me and you and all our friends
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'Keep Living On That Prayer'
Sing it
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Long live rock
Em
Long live roll
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Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sing it
G Em
Don't give up, don't grow old
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Long live crazy nights and records made of gold
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Long live rock and roll
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Went to bed in Cleveland
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Woke up in Tennessee
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No matter where I'll roll tonight
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I'm chasing history
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We still argue about who's better
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The Beatles or The Stones
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They're forever 27
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Jimmy, Janis, Brian Jones
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And we stand here in their memory
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'Cause their songs, they still survive
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So throw your lighters up
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And, darling, sing with me tonight
Come on
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Long live rock
Em
Long live roll
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Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sing it
G Em
Don't give up, don't grow old
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Long live crazy nights and records made of gold
G/B C9 D
Long live rock and roll
G
Long live rock
Em
Long live roll
G/B C9 D
Long live big guitars and music for the soul
Sing it
G Em
Don't give up, don't grow old
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Long live crazy nights and records made of gold
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Long live rock and roll