D        A        G
  Look around outside.
D                   A            G
  Ain't nothin' to do but hang around.
D                A                G
  Thinkin' 'bout all the stupid things that I've done.
D                  A              G
  I guess I ain't nothin' but a clown.

[Pre-Chorus 1]
         Em              G                  A
And if I had a wish, I swear I'd wish, I'd wish for just one thing.
    Em             G                   A \
And I don't even think about all the things my wish'd bring, 'cause...

[Chorus 1]
D             A        G
I just wanna be James Dean.
D             A        G
I just wanna be James Dean.
D             A        G
I just wanna be James Dean.
       D  A  G
For a day.

[Interlude 1]
           Em            G                A
I wanna be oversexed and underworked and look at me, I'm such a jerk.
    D             A        G           D  A  G
And I just wanna be James Dean. For a day.

[Verse 2]
D               A            G
  Think about stories of the actors and the movie stars.
D               A                     G  
  Sittin' here watchin' the old men drinkin' at the bar.
D                A                 G
  I think about Dean and all the things he shoulda tried.
D                A                G                            D  A  G    D  A  G
  I think about Dean and all the ways he could've died. Yeah, died.

[Pre-Chorus 2]
       Em                        G                    A
And I wouldn't give a shit about anything 'cause I'd be such a big movie star.
     Em                G                     A
But that don't really do me much good just cryin' at the bar, but...

[Chorus 2]
D             A        G
I just wanna be James Dean.
D             A        G
I just wanna be James Dean.
D             A        G
I just wanna be James Dean.
       D  A  G
For a day.

[Interlude 2]
           Em             G               A
I wanna be overworked and undersexed and look at me, I'm such a wreck.
    D             A        G           D  A  G    D  A  G
And I just wanna be James Dean. For a day.

[Verse 3]
D             A             G
  I'm goin' crazy 'cause I'm always all alone.
D             A            G
  I'm goin' crazy, no one calls me on the phone.
D                A               G
  I think about Dean and I know Dean he wouldn't care.
D           A                   G
  If I was Dean I know there'd be somebody there.
D                A            G        D  A  G
  Yeah, there'd be somebody there for me.

[Pre-Chorus 3]
        Em                  G                 A
Yeah I think about all the really cool things I could do and say.
     Em              G                A \
And then you go and tell me that you found out Dean was gay. No...

[Chorus 3]
D              A        G
I don't wanna be James Dean.
D              A        G
I don't wanna be James Dean.
D              A        G
I don't wanna be James Dean.
    D  A  G    D  A  G    D  A  G    D  A  G \
Anymore.