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