| A# | G# | F# | |
| I need an | alarm | system in my | house |
| G# | A# | G# | |
| So I | know when people are | creeping | about |
| F# | G# | |
| These people are | freakin' me | out |
| A# | G# | F# | G# | |
| It's getting | hectic every | where that I | go |
| A# | G# | |
| They won't just | leave me al | one |
| F# | G# | |
| There's things they | all wanna | know |
| A# | G# | |
| I'm paranoid about the | people I meet |
| F# | |
| Why are they | talkin' to me? |
| G# | |
| And why can't | anyone see |
| CHORUS: |
| A# | G# | F# | |
| I just wanna | live |
| G# | A# | G# | F# | |
| Don't really | care about the | things that they say |
| G# | A# | G# | F# | |
| Don't really | care about what | happens to me |
| G# | A# | G# | |
| I just wanna | live (Just wanna | live |
| F# | G# | A# | |
| Just wanna l | ive just wanna l | ive just wanna l | ive) |
| A# | A# | D# | C | C# | |
| Just wanna | live just wanna live |
| VERSE 2: |
| A# | G# | F# | |
| I rock | a law | suit when I'm going to | court |
| G# | A# | |
| A white | suit when I'm gettin' | divorced |
| G# | F# | |
| A black | suit at the funeral | home |
| G# | |
| And my birthday | suit when I'm home alone |
| A# | G# | |
| Talkin' on the | phone |
| F# | G# | |
| Got an intervie | w with the rolling | stone |
| A# | G# | |
| They're saying " | Now you're rich and | now you're famous |
| F# | G# | |
| And | fake ass girls all | know your names and |
| A# | |
| Lifestyles of the rich and famous |
| G# | |
| Was | your first hit aren't you ashamed? |
| F# | |
| Of the life of the life |
| G# | |
| Of the life we're livin' |
| REPEAT CHORUS (at the end hit F four times instead of the whole "just wanna live" part) |
| VERSE 3: (Same chords) |
| Stop your messin' around boy |
| Better think of your future |
| Better make some good plans boy |
| Said everyone of my teachers |
| Lookout, you better play it safe |
| You never know what hard times will come your way |
| We say where we're coming from |
| We've already seen |
| The wealth that this life can bring |
| Now we're expected everywhere that we go |
| All the things that they say |
| Yeah we already know |
| REPEAT CHORUS |
| End on F |