[Verse 1]
Oh, I can't go out with my friends on a Saturday night
My guitar's like a woman and you know I got to treat her right
I've got to practice all night and day
I've got to play the way my heroes play
I gotta learn how to do it the Django way
[Guitar Solo: Melodie au Crépuscle]
[Verse 2]
Oh, my teacher says they're gonna kick me out of school
'Cause I'm nothin' but a bebop, twang-headed rock and roll fool
If I don't do my homework, I've got to go
They can't teach me what I got to know
How do I make my guitar sound like Les Paul?
[Guitar Solo: Caravan]
[Verse 3]
I'll do the washing up later, let me practice if I choose
But how does Chuck Berry make it bounce right out of those grooves?
[Guitar Solo: Brenda Lee]
[Verse 4]
My girlfriend says she's gonna dump me any day soon
If I don't stop strummin' my guitar and get out of my room
If I don't get a life, she's gonna look elsewhere
She says there's some normal boys out there
I said, I'll catch you up when I've cracked this James Burton tune
[Guitar Solo: Susie-Q]
[Verse 5]
My mum and dad say they're gonna put me out on the street
I'm excommunicated till I get a job and get on my feet
They say I'm not making a contribution
But I'm still searching for a musical solution
I've gotta know how The Shadows get that beat
[Guitar Solo: FBI]
[Verse 6]
Well, I played and I played until my fingers bled
I shut out all the voices but the voice in my head
Now I stand on the stage and I do my stuff
And maybe it's good, but it's never good enough
To tell you the truth, and I always hid it—
I still don't know how my heroes did it
I still don't know how my heroes did it
[Chorus]
Guitar heroes
Guitar heroes
Guitar heroes
Guitar heroes (Woah)
[Instrumental Outro]
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