Teenage Dream | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: Ebmaj7 | Fsus4 :||
Verse 1
| Ebmaj7 | Fsus4 |
You think I’m pretty without any makeup on.
| Ebmaj7 | Fsus4 |
You think I’m funny when I tell the punch line wrong
| Ebmaj7 | Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Fsus4 |
I know you get me, so I let my walls come down, down
Verse 2
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
Before you met me, I was alright, but
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
things were kinda heavy, you brought me to life, now
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
every February. You’ll be my Valentine, Valentine
Bridge 1
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
Let’s go all the way tonight. No regrets, just love.
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 N.C |
We can dance, until we die. You and I, will be young forever.
Chorus 1
||: Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 :||
You make me feel like I’m live in a, teenage dream, the way you turn me on.
I can’t sleep, let’s run away and don’t ever look back, don’t ever look back.
My heart stops when you look at me. Just one touch, now, baby, I believe.
This is real, so take a chance and don’t ever look back, don’t ever look back.
Verse 3
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
We drove to Cali and got drunk on the beach.
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
Got a motel and built a fort out of sheets.
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
I finally found you, my missing puzzle piece, I’m complete.
Bridge 2
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 |
Let’s go all the way tonight. No regrets, just love.
| Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 N.C |
We can dance, until we die. You and I, will be young forever.
Chorus 2
||: Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 :||
You make me feel like I’m live in a, teenage dream, the way you turn me on.
I can’t sleep, let’s run away and don’t ever look back, don’t ever look back.
My heart stops when you look at me. Just one touch, now, baby, I believe.
This is real, so take a chance and don’t ever look back, don’t ever look back.
Middle 8
||: Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 :||
I’ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans, be your teenage dream tonight.
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans, be your teenage dream tonight
(Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
Chorus 2
||: Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 :||
You make me feel like I’m live in a, teenage dream, the way you turn me on.
I can’t sleep, let’s run away and don’t ever look back, don’t ever look back.
My heart stops when you look at me. Just one touch, now, baby, I believe.
This is real, so take a chance and don’t ever look back, don’t ever look back.
Outro
||: Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 | Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 :||
I’ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans, be your teenage dream tonight.
Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans, be your teenage dream tonight
(Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight)
Teenage Dream’s chords and progression
Essentially a two chord song, Teenage Dreams chords only go from I – V. To spice that movement up, we first extend the chords, then add a passing note in the bass, like this:
||: Ebmaj7 (G) | Fsus4 :||
However, I prefer to call that G bass note a chord and to me it sounds best if you make it a Gm7.
Also, it is played pushed, meaning it comes in on the 4 +. Also, the F chord doesn’t start until 1 +. So it makes sense to put the chord in the next bar, like this:
||: Ebmaj7 | Gm7 Fsus4 :||
What’s really improtant when playing these chords is to get the rhythm right. Below is some notation for the main rhythm. There is also a guitar part that plays constant 8th notes shown.

Should you play Teenage Dreams in a band, it would be a good idea to swap between these two parts.
If you play the acoustic guitar, then you could use a loop pedal, feel free to change the chord shapes for the big chords to create some variation. Maybe only loop the 8th notes.
If you want to play finger style and don’t like loop pedals, here are Teenage Dreams chords arranged for that, using TAB.

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Katy Perry
Pop princess Katy Perry came to prominence in 2008 with her debut single I Kissed A Girl and follow up Hot n Cold.
Katy continued the hit parade with Firework, California Gurls, Last Friday Night, Teenage Dream, and Roar.