Chords for Cake - Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle
Tempo:
116.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
E
F#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [B]
[G] [E]
[A] [G] [B]
[Am] Well, [E] your CD collection [A] looks shiny and [B] costly.
How much did you pay for your [A] bad moto hoosie?
[E] And how much [A] did you spend on your black [F#] leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax [E] bracket?
Now tickets to [A] concerts and drinking at clubs is [F#] sometimes for music that you [A] haven't
even [B] heard of.
[E] And how much did you [A] pay for your rock and roll t [B]-shirt that proves you were there, that
you heard of them [E] first?
Now how do you [A] afford your rock and [B] roll lifestyle?
How [F#] do you afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[D]
[B] Oh, tell me.
[E]
[A] [B] [E]
[G] Oh yeah, [B] oh [E]
[A] [B] yeah, [D] alright, oh.
[Em] [E]
[A] [B] [A]
[E] How much did you pay [A] for the chuck of his guitar, the [B] one he [F#] ruthlessly smashed at the
end of the show?
[E] And how much will [A] he pay for a brand new guitar, [A#] one which he'll [C] ruthlessly smash at the end
[E] of another show?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him [F#] new ones, as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue [E] ones?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him new ones, [Bm] as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue?
[Em] Oh yeah, [E] oh yeah, [B] [A]
[G] alright, [Bm]
[A] [B] oh.
[E] Oh [B] no.
Aging black [A] leather and hospital [B] bills, and tattoo [F#] [G] removal, [A] and dozens of [E] pills.
Your liver [A] pays dearly now for youthful magic [B] moments, but rock on completely with some
brand new [E] components now.
How do you [A]
afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
How do you [G] afford your [A] rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[Gm]
Oh, [E] right, oh yeah.
[A] [B] [A]
[Em] So [A] good, [B] oh [E] baby.
[A] [B] [Em]
[B] Excess ain't rebellion [Am]
now.
You're drinking what [Bm] they're [A] selling now.
Your self-destruction [E] doesn't hurt them.
[A]
Your [B] chaos won't convert [Am] them.
[A] They're so happy [E] to rebuild it.
[A] You'll [Bm] never really kill [F#] it all.
Yeah, excess [Em] ain't rebellion now.
[A] You're drinking what they're selling now.
Excess [E] ain't rebellion [A]
now.
You're [Bm] drinking, you're [F#] drinking, oh yeah.
[A] You're drinking [B] what [E] they're selling.
[A] Oh, [B] [E]
yeah, [B] oh, [E] right,
[A] [B] yeah.
Yeah!
[E]
[G] [E]
[A] [G] [B]
[Am] Well, [E] your CD collection [A] looks shiny and [B] costly.
How much did you pay for your [A] bad moto hoosie?
[E] And how much [A] did you spend on your black [F#] leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax [E] bracket?
Now tickets to [A] concerts and drinking at clubs is [F#] sometimes for music that you [A] haven't
even [B] heard of.
[E] And how much did you [A] pay for your rock and roll t [B]-shirt that proves you were there, that
you heard of them [E] first?
Now how do you [A] afford your rock and [B] roll lifestyle?
How [F#] do you afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[D]
[B] Oh, tell me.
[E]
[A] [B] [E]
[G] Oh yeah, [B] oh [E]
[A] [B] yeah, [D] alright, oh.
[Em] [E]
[A] [B] [A]
[E] How much did you pay [A] for the chuck of his guitar, the [B] one he [F#] ruthlessly smashed at the
end of the show?
[E] And how much will [A] he pay for a brand new guitar, [A#] one which he'll [C] ruthlessly smash at the end
[E] of another show?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him [F#] new ones, as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue [E] ones?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him new ones, [Bm] as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue?
[Em] Oh yeah, [E] oh yeah, [B] [A]
[G] alright, [Bm]
[A] [B] oh.
[E] Oh [B] no.
Aging black [A] leather and hospital [B] bills, and tattoo [F#] [G] removal, [A] and dozens of [E] pills.
Your liver [A] pays dearly now for youthful magic [B] moments, but rock on completely with some
brand new [E] components now.
How do you [A]
afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
How do you [G] afford your [A] rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[Gm]
Oh, [E] right, oh yeah.
[A] [B] [A]
[Em] So [A] good, [B] oh [E] baby.
[A] [B] [Em]
[B] Excess ain't rebellion [Am]
now.
You're drinking what [Bm] they're [A] selling now.
Your self-destruction [E] doesn't hurt them.
[A]
Your [B] chaos won't convert [Am] them.
[A] They're so happy [E] to rebuild it.
[A] You'll [Bm] never really kill [F#] it all.
Yeah, excess [Em] ain't rebellion now.
[A] You're drinking what they're selling now.
Excess [E] ain't rebellion [A]
now.
You're [Bm] drinking, you're [F#] drinking, oh yeah.
[A] You're drinking [B] what [E] they're selling.
[A] Oh, [B] [E]
yeah, [B] oh, [E] right,
[A] [B] yeah.
Yeah!
[E]
Key:
A
B
E
F#
G
A
B
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Well, [E] your CD collection [A] looks shiny and [B] costly.
How much did you pay for your [A] bad moto hoosie?
[E] And how much [A] did you spend on your black [F#] leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax [E] bracket?
Now tickets to [A] concerts and drinking at clubs is [F#] sometimes for music that you [A] haven't
even [B] heard of.
[E] And how much did you [A] pay for your rock and roll t [B]-shirt that proves you were there, that
you heard of them [E] first?
Now how do you [A] afford your rock and [B] roll lifestyle?
How [F#] do you afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] _ lifestyle?
[D] _
_ [B] Oh, tell me.
[E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] Oh yeah, [B] oh [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] yeah, [D] alright, oh.
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] How much did you pay [A] for the chuck of his guitar, the [B] one he [F#] ruthlessly smashed at the
end of the show?
[E] And how much will [A] he pay for a brand new guitar, [A#] one which he'll [C] ruthlessly smash at the end
[E] of another show?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him [F#] new ones, as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue [E] ones?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him new ones, [Bm] as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue?
[Em] Oh yeah, [E] oh _ yeah, [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] alright, _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] oh.
_ [E] Oh _ _ [B] no.
_ Aging black [A] leather and hospital [B] bills, and tattoo [F#] [G] removal, [A] and dozens of [E] pills.
Your liver [A] pays dearly now for youthful magic [B] moments, but rock on completely with some
brand new [E] components now.
How do you [A]
afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
How do you [G] afford your [A] rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
_ [Gm]
Oh, [E] right, oh yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] So [A] good, [B] oh [E] baby. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ Excess ain't rebellion [Am]
now.
You're drinking what [Bm] they're [A] selling now.
Your self-destruction [E] doesn't hurt them.
[A]
Your _ [B] chaos won't convert [Am] them. _
_ [A] They're so happy [E] to rebuild it. _
[A] _ You'll [Bm] never really kill [F#] it all.
Yeah, excess [Em] ain't rebellion now.
[A] _ You're drinking what they're selling now.
Excess [E] ain't rebellion [A]
now.
_ You're [Bm] drinking, you're [F#] drinking, oh yeah.
[A] You're drinking [B] what [E] they're selling.
[A] _ Oh, _ [B] _ _ _ [E]
yeah, [B] _ _ oh, [E] right, _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] yeah. _ _
Yeah!
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Well, [E] your CD collection [A] looks shiny and [B] costly.
How much did you pay for your [A] bad moto hoosie?
[E] And how much [A] did you spend on your black [F#] leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax [E] bracket?
Now tickets to [A] concerts and drinking at clubs is [F#] sometimes for music that you [A] haven't
even [B] heard of.
[E] And how much did you [A] pay for your rock and roll t [B]-shirt that proves you were there, that
you heard of them [E] first?
Now how do you [A] afford your rock and [B] roll lifestyle?
How [F#] do you afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] _ lifestyle?
[D] _
_ [B] Oh, tell me.
[E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[G] Oh yeah, [B] oh [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] yeah, [D] alright, oh.
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] How much did you pay [A] for the chuck of his guitar, the [B] one he [F#] ruthlessly smashed at the
end of the show?
[E] And how much will [A] he pay for a brand new guitar, [A#] one which he'll [C] ruthlessly smash at the end
[E] of another show?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him [F#] new ones, as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue [E] ones?
And how long will [A] the workers keep building him new ones, [Bm] as long as their soda cans are
red, white, and blue?
[Em] Oh yeah, [E] oh _ yeah, [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[G] alright, _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] oh.
_ [E] Oh _ _ [B] no.
_ Aging black [A] leather and hospital [B] bills, and tattoo [F#] [G] removal, [A] and dozens of [E] pills.
Your liver [A] pays dearly now for youthful magic [B] moments, but rock on completely with some
brand new [E] components now.
How do you [A]
afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
How do you [G] afford your [A] rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
[E] How do you [A] afford your rock and roll [B] lifestyle?
_ [Gm]
Oh, [E] right, oh yeah. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
[Em] So [A] good, [B] oh [E] baby. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ Excess ain't rebellion [Am]
now.
You're drinking what [Bm] they're [A] selling now.
Your self-destruction [E] doesn't hurt them.
[A]
Your _ [B] chaos won't convert [Am] them. _
_ [A] They're so happy [E] to rebuild it. _
[A] _ You'll [Bm] never really kill [F#] it all.
Yeah, excess [Em] ain't rebellion now.
[A] _ You're drinking what they're selling now.
Excess [E] ain't rebellion [A]
now.
_ You're [Bm] drinking, you're [F#] drinking, oh yeah.
[A] You're drinking [B] what [E] they're selling.
[A] _ Oh, _ [B] _ _ _ [E]
yeah, [B] _ _ oh, [E] right, _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] yeah. _ _
Yeah!
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _