INTRO (bass drum beat) VERSE (straight rock feel) Gb5 Eb5 Db5 Eb5 Right now everything sucks Db5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 Gb5 Eb5 I can't express the things I want Db5 Eb5 I got to play in this game Db5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 Gb5 Eb5 And you know how dumb the house rules are Db5 Eb5 Someday I'm gon-na break out of here Db5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 Gb5 Eb5 And I will find what is true in my soul (I won't let go) Db5 Eb5 Db5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 I work my skin to the bone because I'm not gonna give up Gb5 Eb5 I'm not gonna give up! CHORUS (swung rock feel, like 12/8) Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got to get me some Gb Db Ab I've got to live my life Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got a heart that beats Gb Db Ab And nobody else has time Eb5 Db5 Eb5 They ain't gonna keep me down Gb Db Ab Cuz I've got to reach the top Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got to get me some Gb Db Ab I've got to have my rock Gb5 Eb5 I've got to get me some now baby VERSE (voice is swung, band is straight) Db5 Eb5 Db5 Ab5 I'll pose in the magazines Bb5 B5 Gb5 Eb5 I'll be on the satellite T - V Db5 Eb5 In Detroit Metal City Db5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 Gb5 Eb5 With ten thousand people just like me Db5 Eb5 They'll all be singing along Db5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 Gb5 Eb5 And the girls will show me their love (high up a - bove) Db5 Eb5 I ain't never coming back Db5 Ab5 I'll be out with my brothers Bb5 B5 Gb5 Eb5 I'm out with my brothers! CHORUS (swung feel) Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got to get me some Gb Db Ab I've got to live my life Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got a heart that beats Gb Db Ab And nobody else has time Eb5 Db5 Eb5 They ain't gonna keep me down Gb Db Ab Cuz I've got to reach the top Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got to get me some, cause Gb Db Ab I've got to have my rock I've got to get me some now baby INSTRUMENTAL (guitar solo) Eb5 Db5 Eb5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Eb5 Db5 Eb5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 (add more drum back-beat) Eb5 Db5 Eb5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 Eb5 Db5 Eb5 Gb5 Db5 Ab5 (Ab5) I've got to get me some now baby Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got to get me some Gb Db Ab I've got to live my life Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got a heart that beats Gb Db Ab And nobody else has time Eb5 Db5 Eb5 They ain't gonna keep me down Gb Db Ab Cuz I've got to reach the top Eb5 Db5 Eb5 I've got to get me some, cause Gb Db Ab - - - - I've got to have my rock Gb5 Eb5