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G C Hey, hey, my, my G D Rock n' roll will never die G C Just hang your hair down in your eyes G D G You'll make a million dollars style='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'> G C Well, I was in this band goin' nowhere fast G D We sent out demos but everybody passed G C So one day we finally took the plunge G D G Moved out to Seattle to play some grunge C Washington state that is... G D G Space needle, Eddie Vedder Mudhoney G C Now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts G D We turn our amps up until it hurts G C We've got bad attitudes and what's more G D When we play we stare straight down at the floor G C Woweee! Pretty scary G How pensive D G How totally alternative G C Now to fit in on the Seattle scene G D You've got to do something they ain't never seen G C So thinkin' up a gimmick one day G D G We decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note C D Under any circumstances Silence... Music's original alternative G Root's grunge G C Well we spread the word through the underground G D That we were the hottest new thing in town G C The record guy came out to see us one day G D And just like always we didn't play G It knocked him out C He said he loved our work D He said he loved our work, but he wasn't sure if he could G C Sell a record with nothing on it D I said tell 'em we're from Seattle G He advanced us two and half million dollars G C Hey, hey, my, my G D Rock n' roll will never die G C Hang your hair down in your eyes G D G You'll make a million dollars style='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'> G C Well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough G D 'Cause we just filmed ourselves smashing stuff G C It's kind of weird 'cause there was no music G D But MTV said they'd love to use it G C The kids went wild, the kids went nuts G Rolling Stone gave us a five star review D Said we played with guts G C We're scoring chicks, taking drugs G D Then we got asked to play MTV Unplugged G You should have seen it We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of G C D G the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place G C D G Then we smashed our s**t G C Well we blew 'em away at the Grammys show G D By refusing to play and refusing to go G C And then just when we thought fame would last forever G D Along come this band that wasn't even together Now that's alternative Now that's alternative to alternative G C G D G C G D G I feel stupid...and contagious G C Well our band got dropped and that ain't funny G D 'Cause we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money G C So the other day I called up the band G D I said boys I've taken all I can G C Shave off your goatees, pack the van D G We're going back to Athens...
Written by Todd Snider
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