Chorus 1:
            C
this is the payoff payoff
              F
now that were on top we wont stop
      Am              C
doing what we do is a dream come true
     F
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        C
its the payoff
(cant stop cant stop)
yeah its the payoff
(cant stop, no we wont stop)


Verse 1:
  C                            G
remeber when you got your first drum set
    F
and how we used to practice in the basement
     C            G
when i was singing like billy joe
F
  (don't wanna be an american idiot)
C                   G
summer time came the concert
  F
mcdonalds wouldn't let me book it off work
     Am                 G            F
so I called in sick the night of the show


Refrain:
    G                     F
the crowd was screaming encore


(Repeat Chorus)


Verse 2:
C
soon enough we went 
          G
and got a tour bus
F
all the girls were
screaming just to fucking touch us
C              G          F
they all wanted to take us home
    C
now everywhere we look 
           G
we see our faces
    F
but we know that well 
never let that change us
      Am            G           F
until oprah lets us play on her show
(play on play on her show)


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
            C
this is the payoff payoff
              F
now that were on top we wont stop
      Am              C
doing what we do is a dream come true
     F
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        C
its the payoff payoff
            F
yo only get one shot (one shot!)
      Am
gotta take that chance 
    C
and make it last
     F
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        C
its the payoff


Bridge:
Am      G
we will rock you
     F
were going scream it out 
with the crowd tonight
Am      G
we will rock you
     F
everybody singing
                      G
every word from every line
Am      G
we will rock you (rock you)
F
we just (we just) got to
        Dm
this is everything 
          C/E    F(hold)
weve ever dreamed of


Verse 3:
  C
remeber getting drunk 
           G
around the campfire
        F
writing stupid songs about
becoming rockstars
   Am         G
we never ever thought 
         F(hold)
it would go this far


Chorus 3:
            C
this is the payoff payoff
              F
now that were on top we wont stop
      Am              C
doing what we do is a dream come true
     F
were never gonna give it up
were never gonna stop
        C
its the payoff payoff
            F
yo only get one shot (one shot!)
      Am
gotta take that chance 
    C
and make it last
     F          G
were never gonna give it up
     Am           C
were never gonna stop
its the payoff


Outro:
C
  cant stop cant stop wont stop
wont stop no we cant stop