Biography:
The Offspring is a punk rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California, United States in 1984. From 1987 to 2003, the band's line-up included Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar), Noodles (lead and rhythm guitars, back vocals), Greg K. (bass, back vocals), and Ron Welty (drums, percussion), who left in 2003. Their current drummer is Pete Parada, formerly of Face to Face and Saves the Day, who has been with the band since 2007. Greg K left the band in 2018 and was replaced by Todd Morse.
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Other songs:
- Dirty Magic
- Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
- Pay The Man
- Self Esteam
- Spare Me The Details
- The Kids Aren't Alright
- Want You Bad
- Why Dont You Get A Job
- You're Gonna Go Far Kid
- You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
- Self Esteem
- You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid
- A Lot Like Me
- All Along
- All I Have Left Is You
- All I Want
- Amazed
- Americana
- Beheaded
- Cant Get My Head Around You
- Cant Repeat
- Come Out And Play
- Coming For You
- Cruising California Bumpin In My Trunk
- Days Go By
- Defy You
- Denial Revisited
- Dividing By Zero
- Dont Pick It Up
- Dui
- Feelings
- Fix You
- Forever And A Day
- Genocide
- Get It Right
- Gone Away
- Gotta Get Away
- Half Truism
- Half
- Hammerhead
- Have You Ever
- Hit That
- Hurting As One
- I Choose
- I Wanna Be Sedated
- Itll Be A Long Time
- Kristy Are Doing Okay
- Kristy Are You Doing Okay
- Lets Hear If For Rock Bottom
- Living In Chaos
- Me And My Old Lady
- Million Miles Away
- No Brakes
- Nothing From Something
- Nothingtown
- One Fine Day
- Original Prankster
- Out On Patrol
- Pretty Fly For A White Guy
- Race Against Myself
- Secrets From The Underground
- Shes Got Issues
- Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell
- Smash
- Smash It Up
- Something To Believe In
- Staring At The Sun
- The End Of The Line
- The Future Is Now
- The Kids Arent Alright
- The Meaning Of Life
- Trust In You
- Turning Into You
- Vultures
- Walla Walla
- Way Down The Line
- We Are One
- What Happened To You
- Youre Gonna Go Far Kid
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Intro: Em-D Em-D C D (the D after the Em is quick, listen
Em-D Em-D C G-D to the song for timing)
Verse:
Em D Em D C D
Day after day your home life's a wreck
Em D Em D C G D
The powers that be just breathe down your neck
Em D Em D C D
You get no respect you get no relief
Em D Em D C G D
You gotta speak up and yell out your piece so
Chorus (Part 1):
Em
Back off your rules
C
Back off your jive
G
Cause Im sick of not living
D
To stay alive
Em
Leave me alone
C
Not asking a lot
G D
Just dont want to be controlled
(Part 2)
Em C
That's all I want
G D
That's all I want
Em C
That's all I want
G D
That's all I want (ya ya ya ya ya)
Repeat Intro
Verse (Repeat pattern):
How many times is it gonna take
Til someone around you hears what you say
You've tried being cool
You feel like a lie
You've played by their rules
Now it's their turn to try so
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
C D
I said it before
Em D
I'll say it again
C D
If you could just listen
Em D
It might make sense so
Repeat Chorus Part 1
Em C
That's all I want
Em C
That's all I want
Em C G D Em
That's all I want (ya ya ya ya ya)
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Intro: Em-D Em-D C D (the D after the Em is quick, listen
Em-D Em-D C G-D to the song for timing)
Verse:
Em D Em D C D
Day after day your home life's a wreck
Em D Em D C G D
The powers that be just breathe down your neck
Em D Em D C D
You get no respect you get no relief
Em D Em D C G D
You gotta speak up and yell out your piece so
Chorus (Part 1):
Em
Back off your rules
C
Back off your jive
G
Cause Im sick of not living
D
To stay alive
Em
Leave me alone
C
Not asking a lot
G D
Just dont want to be controlled
(Part 2)
Em C
That's all I want
G D
That's all I want
Em C
That's all I want
G D
That's all I want (ya ya ya ya ya)
Repeat Intro
Verse (Repeat pattern):
How many times is it gonna take
Til someone around you hears what you say
You've tried being cool
You feel like a lie
You've played by their rules
Now it's their turn to try so
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
C D
I said it before
Em D
I'll say it again
C D
If you could just listen
Em D
It might make sense so
Repeat Chorus Part 1
Em C
That's all I want
Em C
That's all I want
Em C G D Em
That's all I want (ya ya ya ya ya)
;)
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