C          D             G     C
Rock 'n' Roll are the games you play
C        D            G         C
High flyer see your names in lights
C          D         G   C
Temporarily social suicide
E
Oh don't you tell me it's rough.
C         D             G             C
At the top you get the cream of the crop
C         D            G          C
Image seekers they're unreal to real
C            D
This week breaker
G                   C
Well next week who knows
E
Oh don't you tell me it's rough
E                           A
Oh don't you tell me it's tough.

C
Star
F
That's what they call you
D          Db                           E
How long you've waited to get where you are
C
Star
F
That's what you wanted
D             Db              E      C D E
This week hot shot. A video star:

C          D            G             C
Rock 'n' Roll are inventing in your head
C            D                  G       C
You cracked it once and you can do it again
C            D                  G           C
Who knows, who cares at where you're coming from
E
Oh don't you tell me it's rough.
C        D              G       C     
Just a loner out there on your own
C             D         G       C
Don't let anyone get close or near
C          D             G               C
Imagine that. That you believe all you read
E
Oh don't you tell me it's rough
E                           A
Oh don't you tell me it's tough.

C
Star
F
That's what they call you
D                Db                     E
How long you've waited to get where you are
C
Star
F
That's what you wanted
D            Db              E
This week hot shot, a video star

C
They can build you up
Bb                      C
And they can break you down
C
With just the right words
C
I know they're heavy
Bb
Now just how many
C                   D        E
More like you are trying, trying.

(play chorus twice)
C
Star
F
That's what they call you
D                 Db                     E
How long you've waited to get where you are
C
Star
F
That's what you wanted
D                 Db      E
This week hot shot, a video star.

(play chorus twice with key change)
Eb
Star
Ab
That's what they call you
E                Eb                     Gb
How long you've waited to get where you are
Eb
Star
Ab
That's what you wanted
E                Eb      Gb
This week hot shot, a video star.