Intro:
   Bm
If Elvis was the king
          D
Why can't I be the queen?
      Gb
I can kinda-sorta sing
             E5          E
I can be likeable when I wanna be

Hopefully someday I'll be
         Gb
Somebody notable, quotable

Verse 1:
D                  A
I'm really far from Abbey Road
    Em                                A
The Beatles knew their way around the music notes
D              A
Will I ever be good enough
   Em
To be compared to no one else?
    A                        Em
The radio is overflowed with stuff
                       D
Jimi Hendrix owned the stage
   A     Em
He set a fire

Knelt beside it
        D                 A      Em
Then he smashed his Stratocaster guitar
                  D       A      Em
All the legendary moments stolen away
                  A     Gb
What's mine gonna be?

Chorus:
Bm         D
Nashville, Nashville
Bm           D
Carry all my dreams
Bm     D               Gb7          Gb
Johnny Cash-ville give me reason to sing
            G              D
'Cause if I make it to the top
            Gb           Bm
Like all my idols before me
          G              A              D    A
I'm never gonna start to stop being the queen
          D     A
Being the queen

Being the—

Verse 2:
D                A
Getting close to reality
       Em
Of the fantasy
                      A
But Mama, hey, you're still insane

For supporting me
D                     A
Is Vera Lynn watching over me?
    Em
Hey Elton, wish that we could meet
  A                                 Em
I wrote a song I'd like to hear you sing
                              D      A     Em
Maybe it's enough I have your voices on my phone
                         D            A   Em
Michael Jackson is still living in my radio
                               D
Listen to the headphones and I think that—
A     Em                    A     Gb
No, I know, I wanna be like them

Chorus:
Bm         D
Nashville, Nashville
Bm           D
Carry all my dreams
Bm     D               Gb7          Gb
Johnny Cash-ville give me reason to sing
            G              D
'Cause if I make it to the top
            Gb           Bm
Like all my idols before me
          G              A              D     A
I'm never gonna start to stop being the queen
          D      A
Being the queen
          Bm
Being the—

Bridge:
                  D
And you travel so far
               G
Forget who you are
                   Gm
But the world will remember

Who you became
      D
After you came to fame
                 A
I won't waste my name
                        D
Because I've got a good name
           Gm
So much to say

Verse 3:
Bm           D     Bm              D
John Lennon, I've imagined all you said
    Bm      D
Our life on Earth
   Gb7                    Gb
Is birth, then life, then death
       G         D
Just a blink and soon
     Gb      Bm
I'll be gone too

Outro:
   G
So hello, goodbye
     A              D   A
I've got so much to do
           D    A
So much to do
          D
Too much to ah-do
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