Punk Is Dead

C             Am
Punk is dead, punk is dead,
F                 C
Yes that's right, punk is dead,
C             Am
Punk is dead, punk is dead,
          F                             C
It's just another cheap product for the consumers' head,

C                 Am
Bubblegum rock on plastic transistors,
F                            C
Schoolboy sedition backed by big time promoters,
C   Am
CBS promoted the Clash,
F                       C
but not for revolution, just for cash.
C                               Am
Punk became a fashion just like hippie used to be,
F                        C
and it ain't got a thing to do with you or me

C                         Am
Movements are systems and systems kill,
F                                C
Movements are expressions of the public will.
C                                 Am
Punk became a movement cause they all felt lost,
F                                  C
but the leaders sold out and now we all pay the cost.


[repeat chorus]

C                     Am
Punk narcissism was a social napalm,
F                            C
Rock star punk bands started doing real harm,
C                     Am
Preaching revolution, anarchy and change,
        F                               C
As they sucked from the system that had given them their name.

C                                 Am
Well I'm tired of staring through shit stained glass,
    F                     C
I'm tired of staring up a superstar's ass,
C                     Am
I've got an ass and a heart and a name,
    F                              C
and I'm just waiting for my fifteen minutes fame.

    C                Am
And me, yes me, do I want to burn?
   F                           C
Is there really something that I can learn?
     C                      Am
Do I need a business man to promote my angle?
      F                           C
Can I resist the carrots fame and fortune dangle
  C                               Am
I see the velvet zippies in their bondage gear,
    F                        C
The social elite with safety pins in their ear,
  C                            Am
I watch and understand that it don't mean a thing,
    F                         C
The scorpions attack, but the systems stole the sting