Top 10 Rock and Metal Songs with Autobiographical Lyrics

The Top Ten
1 Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
2 Smoke On the Water - Deep Purple
3 Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi

Lyrics to this song were written by Desmond Child and were partly inspired by his life in New York in the late 1970s, when he had to work as a taxi cab driver to make ends meet (in the 70s he wasn't famous yet).
Desmond Child is a professional songwriter with several Grammy winning songs (he usually writes music and not lyrics).
Check out my list: Greatest Hit Songs Co-Written by Desmond Child

4 Bad Reputation - Joan Jett
5 Turn the Page - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
6 Alive - Pearl Jam
7 Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire) - AC/DC
8 Castles Made of Sand - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
9 The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
10 In My Life - The Beatles
The Contenders
11 Love Tyger - Edguy
12 I Was Only Joking - Rod Stewart
13 Night Moves - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
14 Do Me Like a Caveman - Edguy
15 Do It Again - The Beach Boys
16 Eastbound Train - Dire Straits
17 Early Days - Paul McCartney
18 Enough - Heart
19 Guilty - Alice Cooper
20 Just Another Night - Cat Stevens
21 Keeping the Faith - Billy Joel
22 Last Runaway - W.A.S.P.
23 Liverpool 8 - Ringo Starr
24 Man of the World - Fleetwood Mac
25 Watching the Wheels - John Lennon
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