chord chart
    a a7 dbm d  e  b
e|--5--5--6--5--7--7--|
b|--5--5--5--7--9--7--|
g|--6--6--6--7--9--8--|
d|--7--5--6--7--9--9--|
a|--7--7--4--5--7--9--|
e|--5--5-----------7--|

    e1
e|------------|
b|------------|
g|--9-10-9----|
d|--9------9--|
a|--9---------|
e|------------|

    a71 (form a7 as listed above, but strum only these strings)
e|--5--5--7--pull off to 5--|
b|--5--5--5-----------------| d- downstroke
g|--6--6--6-----------------| u- upstroke
d|--5--5--5-----------------|
a|--------------------------|
e|--------------------------|
    d  u  d

intro: a dbm a
       a dbm d e1
       a dbm d e

          a       dbm          d             e
was gonna call my friends and get 'em all together
      a            dbm      d    e
i was gonna go and start a band
         a             dbm      d           e
but everything i wanna do has already been done
a           dbm          d       e
why would i wanna go and do it again?

intro 2: a7 d
         a71 d x7
         a dbm d e x 6

          a       dbm          d             e
was gonna call my friends and get 'em all together
      a            dbm      d    e
i was gonna go and start a band
         a             dbm      d           e
but everything i wanna do has already been done
a           dbm          d       e
why would i wanna go and do it again?
      a    dbm    d    e
everybody
      a    dbm    d    e
everybody
      a    dbm    d    e
everybody
             a   dbm   d    e
plays guitar

[a dbm d e x4]

a        dbm          d            e
she's so cute (if you know what i mean)
          a             dbm            d      e
she's the cutest little girl that i've ever seen
a            dbm        d          e
maybe she'll like me if i play guitar
a            dbm        d             e
maybe she'll like me if i'm the lead singer
  a    dbm    d    a
yea
     a    dbm    d    a
oh yea
        a       dbm
there's so many bands
    d        e        a    dbm    d    e
and we all look the same
  b        dbm  d       e
i just saw them up on stage
      b       dbm        d            e
and i don't remember how good they played
b           dbm       d                    e
he can't sing but i'd pay just to see her face

yea yea yea yea

[a71 d x4]

[a7 d x4 2 single downstrokes for each chord]

[a7 d x4 1 d/u/d stroke for each chord]

      a          dbm
everybody's in a band
 d        e
yea yea yea
         a           dbm
have you heard of my band
 d       e
oh ooh ooh
   a         dbm             d             e
we try to be different but i guess that's nothing new