Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G - 320003
Am - x02210
F - 133211
G# - 466544
A - x02220
Dm - xx0231
Em - 022000
F# - 244322
Intro:
Fat Mike: Hey Kids
Kids: Hey Dad
Fat Mike: What you wanna do today?
Kids: We Don't Know
Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to madden day?
Kids: No
Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to the amusement park?
Kids: No
Fat Mike: Do you wanna go to the punk rock show?
Kids: Yes! Let's go to the punk rock show!
then Am-- x8,
Am-C-G-Dm
Am----G-G#-Am(hold)
Verse 1:
Am F C
Lost in a sea of combat
G Am F
boots flush the bouncers
C G Am Am
with wasted youth when
did punk rock become
F
so safe when did the
C
scene become a joke
the kids who used to
G
live for beer and speed
G#
now want their fries and
Am
coke cursing and flipping
F
birds are not allowed
C
in fact let's keep
A Em
noise levels down
Chorus 1:
F
I must separate
Am x4
the church and skate
Verse 2:
Am F
when don't we put pad
C G Am Am
on the kids helmets
F C
head gear and mouth
G Am Am
pieces they we could
F
pad the floor and walls
put cameras inside
C
bathroom stalls we make
sure only nice bands
G
play back keeping
G# Am
sour Madden Brothers
These kids could be
F
and we could be
C
And we could sing
A Em
my country Tiffany
Chorus 2:
F
thee sweet land
of liberty whoa
Bridge:
C
when did punk rock
Dm
become so safe i
G
know it wasn't Duane
Am
or Fletcher who put
F
up the barricades
like a skate in the
C Am
heart somehow we
F
got driven apart
Guitar Solo:
Dm-Am--F-C-- x2, Dm--F--
Interlude: Am-- x8
Verse 3:
Am F C
i want conflict i want
G Am Am
dissent i want the
F C G Am
scene to represent our
F
hatred of authority our
C
fight against complacency
stop singing songs about
G
girls and love you killed
G# Am
the owl you freed the dove
F
confrontation and politics
replaced with harmonies
C
and sticks when did punk
G
rock become so tame these
G#
fucking bands all sound
Am
the same we want our fights
F
we want our thugs we want
C
our burns we want our drungs
where is the violent
G
apathy these fucking
G# Am Em
records are rated G
Chorus 3:
F
When did Punk Rock
Am G F# Am G F# Am G F# Am Am x2
become so safe
