Instruments
| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | [x2]
Verse 1
| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | To crash the critic saying, "Is it right or is it wrong "
Verse 2 [Bass In]
| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | If only fame had an I.V., baby could I bear| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | Being away from you, I found the vein, put it in here
Pre-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |I live for the applause, applause, applause | Cm F | Gm |I live for the applause-plause Live for the applause-plause | Gm F | Eb |Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me | Cm F | Gm |The applause, applause, applause
Hook
| Gm F | Eb | Give me that thing that I love (I'll turn the lights out)| Cm F | Gm | Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (make it real loud)
Hook
| Gm F | Eb | Give me that thing that I love (I'll turn the lights out)| Cm F | Gm | Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (make it real loud)
Post-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Make it real loud| Cm F | Gm |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Post-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Make it real loud| Cm F | Gm |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Verse 2
| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | I've overheard your theory "nostalgia's for geeks"| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | I guess sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | One second I'm a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | Pop culture was in art, now art's in pop culture in me
Pre-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |I live for the applause, applause, applause | Cm F | Gm |I live for the applause-plause Live for the applause-plause | Gm F | Eb |Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me | Cm F | Gm |The applause, applause, applause
Hook
| Gm F | Eb | Give me that thing that I love (I'll turn the lights out)| Cm F | Gm | Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (make it real loud)
Hook
| Gm F | Eb | Give me that thing that I love (I'll turn the lights out)| Cm F | Gm | Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (make it real loud)
Post-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Make it real loud| Cm F | Gm |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Post-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Make it real loud| Cm F | Gm |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Instruments [Cool Down]
| Gm F | Eb | Cm F | Gm | [x2]
Pre-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |I live for the applause, applause, applause | Cm F | Gm |I live for the applause-plause Live for the applause-plause | Gm F | Eb |Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me | Cm F | Gm |The applause, applause, applause
Hook
| Gm F | Eb | Give me that thing that I love (I'll turn the lights out)| Cm F | Gm | Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (make it real loud)
Hook
| Gm F | Eb | Give me that thing that I love (I'll turn the lights out)| Cm F | Gm | Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch (make it real loud)
Post-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Make it real loud| Cm F | Gm |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Post-Hook
| Gm F | Eb |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Make it real loud| Cm F | Gm |(A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E) Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Ending
A-R-T-P-O-P
