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Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in e major transposable. In this chapter from billy idols new autobiography, the rocker writes about 70s audience reactions to performances by rising punk stars such. I had a chance to see him in concert recently and have been listening. I might suggest a different lyric for the title, one that ive always felt was a quintessionately idol philosophy.
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