# SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR [Song Type: Fast Grunge Punk Anthem] [BPM: 148] [Time Signature: 4/4] [Tuning: Standard EADGBE] [Key: F# minor (verse/pre-chorus), A major (chorus)] [Musical Direction: Aggressive punk energy with pop sensibilities. Fast-paced driving rhythm with palm-muted power chords during verses, exploding into open, ringing choruses. Drumming should be relentless with explosive fills. Bass follows root notes with aggressive eighth-note rhythms. Guitar tone should be distorted but clear with enough midrange presence to cut through the mix.] [Vocals: One single male vocal, no group vocals, no gang vocals, no cheering, no 'sign-a-long' multi-vocals] [Verse 1] [F#m] Chrome reflections in the cracked-up screen [F#m] Thumbs are bleeding, keeping up the scene [F#m] Jaw is locked to fake a perfect grin [F#m] Hollowed out by the noise you're living in [Pre-Chorus] [Bm] One more notch to carve into the bone [D] Another number to make you feel at home [A] Selling pieces just to feel unknown [E] Yeah, you're happy all alone [Chorus] [A] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [D] Burn the scorecards, break the chain [F#m] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [E] Sick of playing this damn game [A] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [D] Rip the labels from our skin [F#m] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [E] Let the real self begin [Verse 2] [F#m] Filtered light through borrowed designer shades [F#m] Whispered secrets in the lemonade [F#m] Counting footsteps on the bathroom tiles [F#m] Traded substance for a thousand miles [Pre-Chorus] [Bm] One more notch to carve into the bone [D] Another number to make you feel at home [A] Selling pieces just to feel unknown [E] Yeah, you're happy all alone [Chorus] [A] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [D] Burn the scorecards, break the chain [F#m] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [E] Sick of playing this damn game [A] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [D] Rip the labels from our skin [F#m] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [E] Let the real self begin [Bridge] [G] Boredom is the new exciting [D] Cracked is how they sell us fixed [A] Starved is how they call us full [E] We're all so damn conflicted! [G] Boredom is the new exciting [D] Cracked is how they sell us fixed [A] Starved is how they call us full [E] WE'RE ALL SO DAMN CONFLICTED! [Guitar Solo] [A chaotic and melodic solo in F# minor. Start with a tight, catchy riff using lots of bends on the G string. Abruptly shift to a noisy, feedback-drenched section with wild whammy bar dives, then bring it back to a ferocious, pentatonic run that ends on a screaming, sustained note before crashing back into the final chorus.] [Chorus x2 - Building intensity] [A] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [D] Burn the scorecards, break the chain [F#m] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [E] Sick of playing this damn game [A] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [D] Rip the labels from our skin [F#m] SHOVE YOUR GOLD STAR! [E] Let the real self begin [Outro] [A] NO GOLD STAR! [D] NO GOLD STAR! [F#m] NO GOLD STAR! [E] NO! NO! NO! [A] NO GOLD STAR! [D] NO GOLD STAR! [F#m] NO GOLD STAR! [E] NO! NO! NO! [Instrumentation explodes with feedback and chaotic drumming before abrupt cutoff]
