Intro: Am E F C (x2)

      Am               E        F     C
Got a half pack of cigarettes
Am            E            F     C
Forty dollars to my name
  Am           E              F     C
A box full of old cassettes
   Am               E            F
Of all the songs I can't forget
   
     C            Am          E        F
I borrowed all I could, I'll take the rest
      C              Am        E      F
I'll make up my own rules to break success
        C                Am      E   F
Yeah, there's no better time to run away
       C           Am         E     F      E
If tomorrow never comes, I'm here today.

            F    C          G        Am             
'Cause I was eighteen with a stupid dream
     G      F         C                 G
You told me, don't believe but I know better
     Am              G       
I'm ready more than ever now.
F   C          G              Am
Eighteen with too much self esteem
     G      F         C                 E
You told me, don't believe but I know better
E|----|
I'm ready more than ever now.

Am E F C (x2)

Am               E        F     C
Stumbled into Hollywood
       Am                E      F     C
It's snowing with the cocaine
Am              E         F     C
No one's up to any good
   Am             E        F
So I'm a find my own way

     C            Am          E        F
I borrowed all I could, I'll take the rest
      C              Am       E       F
I'll make up my own rules to break success
         C               Am      E   F
Yeah, there's no better time to run away
      C            Am         E     F     E
If tomorrow never comes, I'm here today.


            F    C          G        Am             
'Cause I was eighteen with a stupid dream
     G      F         C                 G
You told me, don't believe but I know better
     Am              G       
I'm ready more than ever now.
F   C          G              Am
Eighteen with too much self esteem
     G      F         C                 E
You told me, don't believe but I know better
      E
I'm ready more than ever now.

Am              E        F          C
I might have nothing but I want it all
   Am        E              F          C
Something I made, something to call my own
Am             E             F         C
You say I'm trippin', but I know it's real.
Am        E              F                E
I'm gonna get it, beg, borrow, or steal.
     
            F    C          G        Am
'Cause I was eighteen with a stupid dream
     G      F         C                 G
You told me, don't believe but I know better
     Am              G
I'm ready more than ever now.
F   C          G        Am
Eighteen with a stupid dream
     G      F         C                 G
You told me, don't believe but I know better
     Am              G
I'm ready more than ever now.
F   C          G              Am
Eighteen with too much self esteem
     G      F         C                 E
You told me, don't believe but I know better
      E
I'm ready more than ever now.