Tabbed by: dwaynetherockjohnsonmaivia@gmail.com (Dwayne Johnson) Never Wanted to Be Cool (Thick Red Wine) http://drink.thickredwine.com VERSE: G D Em C I hit my peak of popularity back when I was in grade school G D Em C Everyone wanted to be my friend; I thought that I was so cool Some girls in my class were always trying to spell out my last name W-o-j-C-i-E-C-H-o-w-s-k I would hear them say Now I was just being myself, I had my jock jams on repeat I loved Goosebumps, origami, basketball and R&B But now pro-wrestling is what I loved most, so did my best friend Cooler kids than us had yo-yos and they traded Pokmen And back in kindergarten Bobby was just a kid who ate glue But by the 5th grade well he was that kid who everybody knew And during recess one day he came up to me and my best friend He said why would someone like you hang out with losers just like him? CHORUS: D D C G Well I bet Bobby never makes it out of jersey D D C G If there's a god, let her show him some mercy Em Because I had not known D People could be so cruel C D G But I knew I never wanted to be cool ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/thick_red_wine/never_wanted_to_be_cool_crd.html ) So then bobby acted like me and him were made of the same stuff Trying to be some macho 5th grade ass like he was tough and dangerous When I told him to just go away, I had not realized My best friend's face had turned a wounded red, tears dripping from his eyes So I chased Bobby's skinny little sad and slow misshapen body Around the recess yard like dogs chase prey; well that's how I chased Bobby Tried to slither underneath a gap in our chain link fence But I was fast enough to grab him by the ends of his pant legs I pulled him back out to the playground where I lifted him right up I power bombed him right down on the grass, his body made a thud And so they sent me to the principal, office 223 I said Im sorry Mr. Kelly, I don't know what came over me He said you're lucky; Im just givin' you a warning Think on your wrongs kid, come and see me in the morning And I will always recall That afternoon at school 'Cos I learned I never wanted to be cool And I know there will be Bobbys in this world to make me mad But you know I didn't really hurt him, in the end is it so bad That for a moment I just wanted to be Stone Cold Steve Austin Piledrive him down to the ground, then throw him in a coffin Sometimes we change so damn fast, we forget moments that defined us All the friends we can't remember, all our past selves hide behind us Till one day you stop to think about your life and start to wonder When this bitter world first stung you kind of like a Stone Cold Stunner And now I have gotten older, it has been over ten years I am not a violent person and I don't have too many fears But there is still not one thing I would not do for my best friends All the Bobbys in this world will never sever me from them FINAL CHORUS: D D C G 'Cos I keep them close, like we're all a family D D C G And this song might not win me any Grammys Em But I still sing it proud D As an exception to the rule C D Im glad I never wanted C D I never wanted C D G I never wanted to be cool