Intro: Am E F C (2x)
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.