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Makin’ Some Noise

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Makin’ Some Noise

SONG INFO

Makin’ Some Noise

  • Thieves Lead Vocals: Jay Wilson
  • Release Date: Tuesday, July 2, 1991 (35 years ago)
  • Original Key: D major
  • Performers: Tom Petty
  • Writers:
    • Jeff Lynne
    • Tom Petty
  • Producers:
    • Jeff Lynne
    • Tom Petty
  • Record Label:
    • MCA Records
  • Recording Studio:
    • Rumbo Recorders

ALBUM INFO

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LYRICS

When I was a young boy
I was workin’ for the state
I wasn’t makin’ much money
I was stayin’ out late

Go down at nighttime and
Play music in the bars
Take my breaks out
underneath the stars

I was makin’ some noise
I was a workin’ boy
up at the top of my voice
Sayin’ “Look at me mama
I’m makin’ some noise”

I had to rock the boat,
I had to shake the tree
To see what’d fall
down on me

I thought “Maybe I can make it
if I never give in
I been down before,
I ain’t goin’ down again”

I’m makin’ some noise
I been a worried boy
up at the top of my voice
Sayin’ “Look at me mama
I’m makin’ some noise”

From across the canyon
a guitar plays
Through an amplifier
on a long delay

It was an old melody
I recognized the song
I had an amplifier too,
so I played along

I’m makin’ some noise,
I’m still a working boy
Up at the top of my voice
Sayin’ “Look at me mama
I’m makin’ some noise”

I’m makin’ some noise,
I been a long gone boy

CHORDS

[Verse 1]
C  G                                    
    When I was a young boy          
          C  G
Working for the state
Bb   F                                  
         I wasn’t makin’ much money    
                        C   G
        I was stayin’ out late
C  G                              
      Go down at nighttime       
                C  G
      Playing in the bars
Bb   F                             
          Takin my breaks         
      C   G
      Out underneath the stars

[Chorus 1] (Riff over the C)
C                                    G
I was makin some noise
C                                    G
I was a workin boy
C                                    G
At the top of my voice
                D                   
Saying “ Look at me Mama, I’m Making 
                      Bb
some Noise”

[Verse 2]
C  G                                    
    I had to rock the boat             
          C  G
  I had to shake the tree
Bb   F                                
       To see what’d fall            
          C   G
       down on me
C  G                                    
      I thought “Maybe I can make it”  
                          C  G
       if I never give in
Bb   F                                 
          I’ve been down before       
               C   G
        I ain’t going down again”

[Chorus 2] (Riff over the C)
C                                    G
I was makin some noise
C                                    G
I was a workin boy
C                                    G
At the top of my voice
                D                   
Saying “ Look at me Mama, I’m Making 
                      Bb
some Noise”

[Verse 3]
C  G                                    
    From Across the Canyon          A 
          C  G
guitar plays
Bb   F                                  
         Through an amplifier          
          C   G
   with a long delay
C  G                                
      It was an old melody         
              C  G
    I recognized the song
Bb   F                                  
          I had an amplifier too       
          C   G
        So I played along

[Chorus 3](Riff over the C)
C                                    G
I’m makin some noise
C                                    G
I still a workin boy
C                                    G
Up at the top of my voice
                D                   
Saying “ Look at me Mama, I’m Making 
                      Bb
some Noise”
[REPEAT CHORUS 3 THEN FADE OUT]

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