[Intro]
|G/A |D | 2x
|A D/A  A |D/A  A | 4x
 
 
[Verse 1]
      A  D/A            A       D/A
They say that you play too loud
       A                 D/A  A D/A  A
Well, baby, that's tough
      A  D/A          A           D/A
They say that you've got too much
A                D/A  A D/A  A
Can't get enough
      A        D/A          A      D/A  A
They tell you that you look a fool
    A    D/A             A   D/A  A
Or maybe I'm a fool for you
  A   D/A          A         D/A  A
State that you're my disease
             A   D/A  A D/A  A
Shake your stuff
 
 
[Chorus]
            G       D/F#     A     D/A  A
And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation
 G       D/F#      A  D/A  A
Ma's own whipping boy
 G       D/F#     A     D/A  A
Rock 'n' roll damnation
 D            E
Take a chance, while you still got the choice
 
 
[Instrumental]
|A D/A  A |D/A  A | 2x
 
 
[Verse 2]
     A  D/A            A       D/A
You say that you want respect
A                D/A  A D/A  A
 Honey, for what?
           A    D/A      A         D/A
For everything that you done for me
      A               D/A  A D/A  A
Well, uh, thanks a lot
A
Come on
A      D/A          A        D/A  A
Get up off your bended knees
        D/A       A      D/A  A
You can set your mind at ease
           D/A       A       D/A  A
My temperature's runnin' hot
                   D/A  A          D/A               A
Oh, I been waiting all night for a bite of what you got
 
 
[Chorus]
            G       D/F#     A     D/A  A
And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation
 G       D/F#      A  D/A  A
Ma's own whipping boy
 G       D/F#     A     D/A  A
Rock 'n' roll damnation
 D            E
Take a chance, while you still got the choice
 
 
[Instrumental]
|G/A |D |
 
 
[Bridge]
                    G/A    D
Oh, it's a hard life
     G/A             D
(Damnation) They're putting you down
     G/A    D
(Damnation) All over town
     G/A                   D
(Damnation) 'Cause you're way out of reach
 G/A                               D
Livin' on the street, you got to practice what you preach
 
 
[Chorus ]
            G       D/F#     A     D/A  A
And it's a rock 'n' roll damnation
 G       D/F#      A  D/A  A
Ma's own whipping boy
 G       D/F#     A     D/A  A
Rock 'n' roll damnation
 D            E
Take a chance, while you still got the choice
 
 
[Instrumental]
|A D/A  A |D/A  A | 2x
 
 
[Outro]
     A    D/A  A            D/A    A
(Damnation)      You left a happy home
     A    D/A  A     D/A         A
(Damnation)      To live on your own
     A    D/A  A             D/A      A
(Damnation)      You want to live in sin
     A    D/A  A         D/A      A
(Damnation)      It's a rock 'n' roll
     A    D/A  A         D/A       A
(Damnation)      Just a bundle of joy
     A    D/A  A          D/A        A
(Damnation)      You're a toy for a boy
     A    D/A  A          D/A            A
(Damnation)      You got dollars in your eyes
     A      D/A      A          D/A         A
(Damnation) Always chasing the pie in the sky
     A    D/A  A  D/A      A
(Damnation)      Rock 'n' roll
     A     D/A  A D/A  A
(Damnation)