Undertones - Teenage Kicks Chords & Tabs

SONG: Teenage Kicks
ARTIST: The Undertones
ALBUM: The Undertones
YEAR: 1978
KEY: D

Teenage Kicks is a punk song which is quite simple to play. It is recommended that you 
play the song in barre chords, due to its high tempo.

Chord Structure:
  D  C# B A G G# Dsus4
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------12----|
|-12-11-9-7-5-6--12----|
|-12-11-9-7-5-6--12----|
|-10-9--7-5-3-4--10----|

INTRO: |D////|///C#/|B////|///C#/| (x2)

VERSE 1:
D                                C#
A teenage dream's so hard to beat
B                                   C#
Every time she walks down the street
D                                C#
Another girl in the neighbourhood
B                                   A
Wish she was mine, she looks so good
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/undertones/teenage_kicks_crd_ver_6.html ]
CHORUS:
G
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
G#  A
Get teenage kicks right through the night

VERSE 2:
D                                  C#
I'm gonna call her on the telephone
B                              C#
Have her over cos I'm all alone
D#                                 C#
I need excitement, oh I need it bad
B                              A
And it's the best I've ever had

REPEAT CHORUS

LINK 1: |D////|//[ch]Dsus4/C#[/ch]/|B////|///C#/| (x2)

REPEAT VERSE 1

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT VERSE 2

REPEAT CHORUS

LINK 1: |D////|///C#/|B////|///C#/|
|D////|///C#/|B////|///A/|

G
I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight
G#  A
Get teenage kicks right through the night
Alright

OUTRO: D G A D