Intro D F#m G G F#m D x2D F#m G Before Sid Vicious met Nancy G F#m D Before the bat Beat on the Brat D A/C# Bm Before The Damned planted the New Rose Bm G A Before Darby crashed smeared Pat G F#m D Before Malcolm met Vivienne Westwood D A/C# Bm And brought Anarchy in the UK Bm F#m G She was rocking out in the valley G F#m D And in the alleys of west LA Instrumental D F#m G G F#m D x2Verso 1:
D F#m G When everyone was playing Galaga G F#m D Joanie was playing guitar D A/C# Bm She had a dream when she was fifteen Bm G A She was gonna be a rock and roll star G F#m D So she went to Rodney Bingenheimer’s D A/C# And said I'm here and I'm ready Bm Bm to play She asked all the F#m G girls if they were ready G F#m D To be a teenage runawayVerso 2:
D She’d never live A/C# a normal life Bm She'd never A be a cliche G She wasn't gonna run away from home A Cause she was alreadyPré-Refrão
Bm A teenage runaway G Teenage runaway A Teenage runaway D A teenage runaway A/C# Bm A teenage runaway G Teenage runaway G She was a Sonic Seducer A And The Germs producer G A What’d she fucking play?D F#m G G F#m D x2Pós-Refrão
D F#m G With a bad reputation as a label G F#m D And no label that would have her back D A/C# Bm She told the music industry to fuck off Bm G A And went directly to the pressing plant G F#m D She didn't just sell 10 million records D A/C# Bm Blackheart did it on their own Bm F#m G And rock and roll needed an ambassador G F#m D Her name would have to be JoanD She couldn't lead A/C# a normal life Bm A She had to lead the way G For all the girls that are rockin’ and rollin’ A Singing and screaming G Always dreaming A that someday they could be aPré-Refrão
Bm Teenage runaway G A teenage runaway A A teenage runaway D A teenage runaway A/C# Bm A teenage runaway G A teenage runaway G She was a misbehaver A And a sinnovator G What did she A fucking play?Outro D F#m G G F#m D x2