The Kinks - Prince of the punks
there are a lot of extra chords here
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A well known groover, rock 'n' roll user wanted to be a star.
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But he failed the blues, and he's back to loser,
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Playing folk in a country bar.
Reggae music didn't seem to satisfy his needs.
He couldn't handle modern jazz, 'cause they play it in difficult keys.
But now he's found a music he can call his own,
Some people call it junk, but he don't care, he's found a home.
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(D)
He's the Prince of the Punks and he's finally made it,
F7 (D) C7 (D) F (G) C Ab F A
Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated.
Bb F (G) Bb (G) F (G)
He acts working class but it's all bo- logna,
F F7 (D) G (D) F (D) F C
He's really middle class and he's just a phony.
He acts tough but it's just a front, the Prince of the Punks.
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keyboard/clean guitar over F7 (p. muted): Bb F | F Bb F F |
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(Eb) F7
He's the Prince of the Punks and he's finally made it,
Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated.
interlude: | F (7 fr.) | F(7) | Eb | Ab G-F7-Eb | F (7 fr.) |
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He tried to be gay, but it didn't pay,
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So he bought a motorbike instead.
He failed at funk, so he became a punk,
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'Cause he thought he'd make a little more bread.
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He's been through all of the changes, from rock opera to Mantovani.
Now he wears a swastika band and leather boots up past his knees.
He's much too old for twenty-eight, but he thinks he's seventeen,
Thinks he's a stud, but I think he looks more like a queen.
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But I think he looks more like a queen.
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He's the Prince of the Punks and he's finally made it,
F7 C7 F C (Ab F A)
Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated.
He talks like a Cockney but it's all bologna,
He's really middle class and he's just a phony.
He acts tough but it's just a front.
[repeat to fade]