Bandstarter Chords
by Brainpool
Bandstarter by Brainpool is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, F#, B, G#m, C, Am, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E
I think I'm gonna start a band
F# B
The great depression is at hand
G#m E
People will mourn across the land
F# B
Yeah, I'm gonna start a band
- E
Or maybe I should write a book
F# B
and let the critics have a look
G#m E
They'll hail me as the new James Joyce
F# B
The audience won't have a choice
F#
But the popstars sing:
B G#m
You know that I love you
E F#
You know that I need you
B G#m
16 years tomorrow
E F#
and I'll never leave you
E
I'm 17 and tired of life
F# B
Under my pillow is a knife
G#m E
I'm sick and tired of this world
F# B
But yet I haven't kissed a girl
E
I know this world is full of pain
F# B
Oh yeah I haven't cried in vain
G#m E
'Cause my dog died the other day
F# B
and nothing can wash my tears away
F#
But the popstars sing:
B G#m
You know that I love you
E F#
You know that I need you
B G#m
16 years tomorrow
E F#
and I'll never leave you
And I won't sing that I love you
I only sing things that are true
and I won't sing no la la la la la
Because I'm not in love with you
F#
But the popstars sing:
B G#m
You know that I love you
E F#
You know that I need you
B G#m
16 years tomorrow
E F#
and I'll never leave you
C Am
You know that I love you
F G
You know that I need you
C Am
16 years tomorrow
F G
and I'll never leave you (*2)(Last time end on a G)