E 
I think I'm gonna start a band 
F#                          B 
The great depression is at hand 
G#m                           E 
People will mourn across the land 
F#                       B 
Yeah, I'm gonna start a band 
 
 -                         E 
Or maybe I should write a book 
F#                          B 
and let the critics have a look 
G#m                               E 
They'll hail me as the new James Joyce 
F#                          B 
The audience won't have a choice 
 
                  F# 
But the popstars sing: 
      B          G#m 
You know that I love you 
      E          F# 
You know that I need you 
B          G#m 
16 years tomorrow 
    E           F# 
and I'll never leave you 
 
                     E 
I'm 17 and tired of life 
F#                     B 
Under my pillow is a knife 
G#m                         E 
I'm sick and tired of this world 
F#                          B 
But yet I haven't kissed a girl 
 
                              E 
I know this world is full of pain 
F#                          B 
Oh yeah I haven't cried in vain 
G#m                           E 
'Cause my dog died the other day 
F#                              B 
and nothing can wash my tears away 
 
                  F# 
But the popstars sing: 
      B          G#m 
You know that I love you 
      E          F# 
You know that I need you 
B          G#m 
16 years tomorrow 
    E           F# 
and I'll never leave you 
 
And I won't sing that I love you 
I only sing things that are true 
and I won't sing no la la la la la 
Because I'm not in love with you 
 
                  F# 
But the popstars sing: 
      B          G#m 
You know that I love you 
      E          F# 
You know that I need you 
B          G#m 
16 years tomorrow 
    E           F# 
and I'll never leave you 
 
      C          Am 
You know that I love you 
      F          G 
You know that I need you 
C           Am 
16 years tomorrow 
    F           G 
and I'll never leave you    (*2)(Last time end on a G)