[Intro]

(use barre chords)

                  (x3)


[Verse 1]

            
A little ditty

             
 'bout Jack an

   
d Diane
            
Two American k

              
ids growin' up

           
 in the heartl

and
             
Jack, he's gon

            
na be a footba

   
ll star
            
Diane debutant

              
e, back seat o

         
f Jacky's car


[Instrumental]

                


[Verse 2]

            
Suckin' on chi

             
li dog outside

           
 the Tasty Fre

eze
             
Diane sittin' 

             
on Jacky's lap

             
, he got his h

             
ands between h

    
er knees
             
Jacky says "He

             
y Diane, let's

             
 run off behin

           
d a shady tree

"
             
Dribble off th

             
ose Bobby Broo

             
ks, let me do 

      
what I please,

 sayin'


[Chorus]

           
Oh yeah, life 

     
goes on
             
Long after the

            
 thrill of liv

       
in' is gone, s

ayin'
           
Oh yeah, life 

     
goes on
             
Long after the

            
 thrill of liv

      
in' is gone, t

hey walk on


[Instrumental]

               x2


[Verse 3]

             
Jack, he sits 

             
back, collects

             
 his thoughts 

      
for a moment
             
Scratches his 

             
head and does 

            
his best James

  
 Dean
             
"Well then the

             
re Diane, we g

             
otta run off t

      
o the city"
             
Diane says, "B

             
aby you ain't 

        
missing a thin

g", but Jacky 

says


[Chorus]

           
Oh yeah, life 

     
goes on
             
Long after the

            
 thrill of liv

       
in' is gone
           
Oh yeah, life 

     
goes on
             
Long after the

            
 thrill of liv

      
in' is gone


[Drum Solo]


(A cappella but these are the chords)
            
So let it rock

             
, let it roll
             
Let the Bible 

             
belt come and 

       
save my soul
             
Holdin' on to 

            
sixteen as lon

         
g as you can
             
Change is comi

             
n' 'round real

              
 soon, make us

          
 women and men


[Instrumental]

                


[Chorus]

           
Oh yeah, life 

     
goes on
             
Long after the

            
 thrill of liv

       
in' is gone
           
Oh yeah, life 

     
goes on
             
Long after the

            
 thrill of liv

      
in' is gone

            
A little ditty

             
 'bout Jack an

   
d Diane
            
Two American k

              
ids doin' the 

        
best they can


[Outro]

             

(repeat and fade)