Well, we were just an oth er band out of Bos ton on the road to try to make ends meet.

Play (E)smoked in’ all the bars, sleep in’ (A)in our cars car.

and we (E)prac ticed right on out in the street.

No, we did n’t have much mon ey, nev er we (E)bare ly made e nough to sur vive.

in’.

But when we (E)got up on the stage and got read y to play, be peo ple came (A)bod a live.

ten.

(C#m)Rock and roll band, ev ’ry bod y’s wait in’, (C#m)get tin’ cra zy; an (Amaj7)ti ci pa tin’ (E)lo ve and mu sic, play, (B7)play, (E)play, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Danc in’ in the streets of Hy an nis, we were get ting pret ty good at game.

Peo (E)smoked ple stood in line did n’t (A)seem to mind; car.

you know (E)ev ’ry bod y knew our ta name.

Liv in’ on rock com ’n’ mu sic, nev you wor (E)bare ried ’bout the things we were miss tions!

When we got (E)hear up on the stage and got read y to play, be a ev ’y (A)bod y’d lis ten.

(C#m)Rock and roll band, ev ’ry bod y’s wait in’, (C#m)get tin’ cra zy; an (Amaj7)ti ci pa tin’ (E)lo ve and mu sic, play, (B7)play, (E)play, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Play

(F#7)yeah, yeah.