[INTRO:] Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A

[VERSE 1:]
          Em                         G
Well, the kid checked his stance and tightened his pants
    A                          C       Em
And took his first step in the night
                     G
Jacko said that he'd fix him up
       A                         C
With a girl who would be alright


[CHORUS:]
        Am         D                    Em       Am
Saying, woah oh oh oh, and I'm bustin' loose
        D                    Em
Woah oh oh, and he's bustin' loose


[VERSE 2:]
                              G
Well, he picked him up in his Sandman
           A                   C     Em
They raced every red light in town
               G
Jacko put on a real cool face
           A                             C
But he was sweatin', there were no cops around


[CHORUS:]
        Am         D                    Em       Am
Saying, woah oh oh oh, and I'm bustin' loose
        D                    Em
Woah oh oh, and he's bustin' loose


[VERSE 3:]
            C               D
Well, every guy is a clumsy poet
          G                C
And every girl is a beauty queen
                                   D
And you laugh on the day when they hear someone say
                 G                     C
That they're not really as old as they seem


[VERSE 4:]
           Em                     G
He's got a matchbox of pot hidden in a secret spot
                A                      C
Which they will smoke in the old schoolyard
           Em                        G
Well, he's never too sure if he gets stoned or not
      A                               C
But tonight he's gonna try awful hard


[CHORUS:]
        Am         D                    Em       Am
Saying, woah oh oh oh, and I'm bustin' loose
     D                      Em
Oooh woah, and he's bustin' loose


[VERSE 5:]
                                    G
Well, he's fifteen or sixteen, he's trying to make the mean team
     A                           C
And Jacko is his man all the way
             Em                               G
He'll go for broke when he can, he knows that Jacko's his man
         A                           C
And they both pray that they'll get away


[CHORUS:]
        Am         D                    Em       Am
Saying, woah oh oh oh, and I'm bustin' loose
        D                   Em
Woah oh oh, and I'm bustin' loose


[VERSE 6:]
            C               D
Well, every guy is a clumsy poet
          G                C
And every girl is a beauty queen
                                                D                     G
But now they're fogging up the windows of their friends' parked cars
                            C
On the way to their land of dreams

You know what I mean


[INSTRUMENTAL:] C Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em
                G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em
                G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em    G  A  Em


[VERSE 7:]
     C                           D
He remembers the nights when the stars they burned bright
        G                      C
And she let him go all the way
                                             D
Said, it was different that time, 'cause she said, "Take your time
     G                            C
Slow down and let me show you the way"


[VERSE 8:]
                             D
Well, the sand was warm underneath where they lay
       G                               C
A cool breeze made the waves dance and play
                                     D
A band played in the hall, they were loud, it was small
    G               C
But who listened anyway


[VERSE 9:]
                          D
And every guy is a clumsy poet
          G                     C
And every girl is a beauty queen
                                  D 
But now they're so caught up in appearances
          G                           C
That they don't really know what they mean, yeah


[OUTRO:]     (## adlib and repeat to end ##)
        Am         D                   Em        Am
Saying, woah oh oh oh, and I'm bustin' loose
        D                   Em         Am
Woah oh oh, and I'm bustin' loose
        D           Em         Am
Woah oh oh, bustin' loose
        D                     Em
Woah oh oh, yeah, I'm bustin' loose
         Am
I said a-yeah, yeah, yeah
D
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Em
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah