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ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR
Oasis
intro: B (mess around) then B A->E B
B
I live my life in the city - there's no easy way out
A E B
The days moving just too fast for me,
B
Need some time in the sunshhyynnnnne - gotta slow it right down
A E B
The days moving just too fast for me.
Ab E
I live my life for the stars that shine
B
People say its just a waste of time
Ab E
When they said I should just feed my head
B
That to me was just a day in bed
Ab E
I'll take my car and drive real far
B
To where they're not concerned about the way we are
A
In my mind my dreams are real
F#
Are you concerned about the way I feel ?
A E B
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star
A E B
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star
A E B
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star.
Then: repeat the whole of above until :
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star
A E B
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star.
A
Are you down with who I am
E
Look at you'll now you're all in my hands - tonight.
solo: over verse chords (B A E)
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star
To-night I'm a rock'n'roll star.
Then at the end there is a bit of a free-for-all - it goes first to an
A (slide up from G) then I *think* it is E (fingered at 1st fret)
and an E shape slid up two frets (so a sort of F#) - I may be wrong
on this bit though - so any takers ?
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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austin Rhythm Player |
#1 by austin ballard at Nov 3, 1987 at 10:38 PM EST |
| Rock N' Roll Star- "I said everything I ever wanted to say in Rock N'Roll Star." | |
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Dan The English Wanna Be |
#2 by Dan The English at Jun 17, 1992 at 3:46 PM EST |
| And God said, let there be Oasis. Liam and Noel swaggered into existence. They were rock 'n' roll stars. Yea, they were cocky, brilliant superstars. And the Lord saw that it was good. Nay, it was RAD. | |
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Peter Wanna Be |
#3 by Peter Lambden at Nov 23, 1993 at 7:28 AM EST |
| What a way to say "hello, were Oasis" First song on the first album and right at the end the lyrics that say it all "You're not down with who I am Look at you now, you're all in my hands Tonight" | |
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Shotgun Average |
#4 by Shotgun Joe at Jan 28, 1997 at 12:28 PM EST |
| noel said - " “Rock’n’Roll Star” is the whole manifesto of the band. I’ve never wanted to say anything else in a tune. We’re going to be rock stars, and even if we don’t, even if we’re just playing the fucking Boardwalk the rest of our lives, we’re going to act like fucking rock stars. When we started it, my ambitions were to have a jet, a monkey, a house in Ibiza. Did I ever get a monkey? I’ve got Liam. He’s the only monkey I’ll ever need. I wrote “Rock’n’Roll Star” when I was on the dole. I wouldn’t have put my fucking council flat on it, but we knew we were the best thing that was up and coming at that moment. When we got signed, McGee wasn’t saying anything that I didn’t already know myself. We played it at the three or four gigs we played at the Boardwalk before we were signed and there would be about ten people by the end singing “Tonight I’m a rock’n’roll star” and the staff would all be sniggering" To me this is the ultimate wannabee anthem, "I'm a rock star whether you say so or not" | |
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Jamie Wanna Be |
#5 by Jamie Smith at Sep 11, 1999 at 11:43 PM EST |
| yea, if this song doesnt get you dreaming of leaving your rather normal life for rock superstardom, well then you shouldnt be reading Oasis comments anyway, i guess. this album is definitely one of my favorites. | |
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Forrest Average |
#6 by Forrest at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:57 AM EST |
| Why have only seven people posted on this?! probably oasis' best song, anthemic, catchy and pretty much summed up their whole thesis on life - "Im gonna go out, get rrreeaallyy fuckin drunk and feel great, and if u try n stop me ill beat the fook out of u!" love it, AMAZING live!!! | |
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Trevor Average |
#7 by Trevor fun with drugs at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:15 AM EST |
| The meaning of this song seems pretty clear to me, it was the first track on Oasis' first album. To all the people who didn't care about Liam and Noel before they're saying, now you do care because we've made it and we're famous. There's also reference to people who'd told them it was stupid to persue a career in music. Telling them all the work had paid off and they'd left their "lives in the city" behind. | |
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ToRRi Average |
#8 by ToRRi L at Oct 8, 2007 at 2:54 PM EST |
| This isn't a retrospective look at their lives pre-superstar millionaires. It was written in the first Definitley Maybe sessions along with Slide Away, they sang it at small gigs when they wern't famous and that's why Noel loves it. It was so unbelievabley cocky. It's about not being a rock and roll star, but going out and acting/feeling like you are anyway, fuck it. Oasis = untouchable. What a choon. | |
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