Chords for Iggy Pop hates "punk rock" (1977)
Tempo:
81.3 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
G#
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Tell me about punk rock because I have [F#] heard, I read all kinds of music.
Well, I'll tell you about punk rock.
Punk rock is a word [B] used by dilettantes [F#] [B] and heartless manipulators
[F#] about music that takes up the energies and the bodies and the hearts and [C] the souls and the time and [B] the minds
of young men who give what they have to it and give everything they have to it.
And it's a term that's based on contempt.
It's a term that's based in fashion, style, elitism, Satanism,
[G#] and everything that's [F] rotten about rock and roll.
[F#]
What I can't figure is whether you're acting against that label.
You don't like the label.
I'm not acting.
No, I know.
Reacting against the label then.
[D#] Responding angrily to the [B] label.
You don't like the label.
Is that right?
I don't like to hear it come out of someone's mouth.
Okay.
What do you like to hear it [G#] come out of?
[N]
Listen, [B] tell me seriously.
I have never seen you [A] perform, but I've read [G] reviews about vomiting on the [F#] stage,
about sticking pencils in your flesh, about bleeding lips, and all those things.
I want to know the purpose behind [B] that.
The purpose or the reason?
The purpose or the [F#] reason?
I vomited.
I was ill.
I'm not sorry I was ill.
Everyone gets ill sometimes.
And I was ill one evening, and as I felt that I was going to vomit anyway, I decided [N] I may as well do it with some style.
So I did [G] it something like this.
[B] You understand what I'm saying, sir?
You don't have to call me sir.
No, I [F#] don't have to.
I forgot your name.
Well, I'll tell you about punk rock.
Punk rock is a word [B] used by dilettantes [F#] [B] and heartless manipulators
[F#] about music that takes up the energies and the bodies and the hearts and [C] the souls and the time and [B] the minds
of young men who give what they have to it and give everything they have to it.
And it's a term that's based on contempt.
It's a term that's based in fashion, style, elitism, Satanism,
[G#] and everything that's [F] rotten about rock and roll.
[F#]
What I can't figure is whether you're acting against that label.
You don't like the label.
I'm not acting.
No, I know.
Reacting against the label then.
[D#] Responding angrily to the [B] label.
You don't like the label.
Is that right?
I don't like to hear it come out of someone's mouth.
Okay.
What do you like to hear it [G#] come out of?
[N]
Listen, [B] tell me seriously.
I have never seen you [A] perform, but I've read [G] reviews about vomiting on the [F#] stage,
about sticking pencils in your flesh, about bleeding lips, and all those things.
I want to know the purpose behind [B] that.
The purpose or the reason?
The purpose or the [F#] reason?
I vomited.
I was ill.
I'm not sorry I was ill.
Everyone gets ill sometimes.
And I was ill one evening, and as I felt that I was going to vomit anyway, I decided [N] I may as well do it with some style.
So I did [G] it something like this.
[B] You understand what I'm saying, sir?
You don't have to call me sir.
No, I [F#] don't have to.
I forgot your name.
Key:
F#
B
G#
G
C
F#
B
G#
Tell me about punk rock because I have [F#] heard, I read all kinds of music.
Well, I'll tell you about punk rock.
Punk rock is a word [B] used by dilettantes [F#] _ _ [B] and _ _ heartless manipulators
[F#] _ about music that takes up the energies and the bodies and the hearts and [C] the souls and the time and [B] the minds
of young men who give what they have to it and give everything they have to it.
And it's a term that's based on contempt.
It's a term that's based in fashion, style, elitism, Satanism,
[G#] and everything that's [F] rotten about rock and roll.
_ _ [F#]
What I can't figure is whether you're acting against that label.
You don't like the label.
I'm not acting.
No, I know.
Reacting against the label then.
[D#] Responding angrily to the [B] label.
You don't like the label.
Is that right?
I don't like to hear it come out of someone's mouth. _
Okay.
What do you like to hear it [G#] come out of?
_ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ Listen, [B] tell me seriously.
I have never seen you [A] perform, but I've read [G] reviews about vomiting on the [F#] stage,
about sticking pencils in your flesh, about bleeding lips, and all those things.
I want to know the purpose behind [B] that. _ _
The purpose or the reason?
The purpose or the [F#] reason?
I vomited.
I was ill.
I'm not sorry I was ill.
_ _ Everyone gets ill sometimes.
And I was ill one evening, and as I felt that I was going to vomit anyway, I decided [N] I may as well do it with some style.
_ _ So I did [G] it something like this. _
[B] You understand what I'm saying, sir?
You don't have to call me sir.
No, I [F#] don't have to.
_ I forgot your name. _ _ _
Well, I'll tell you about punk rock.
Punk rock is a word [B] used by dilettantes [F#] _ _ [B] and _ _ heartless manipulators
[F#] _ about music that takes up the energies and the bodies and the hearts and [C] the souls and the time and [B] the minds
of young men who give what they have to it and give everything they have to it.
And it's a term that's based on contempt.
It's a term that's based in fashion, style, elitism, Satanism,
[G#] and everything that's [F] rotten about rock and roll.
_ _ [F#]
What I can't figure is whether you're acting against that label.
You don't like the label.
I'm not acting.
No, I know.
Reacting against the label then.
[D#] Responding angrily to the [B] label.
You don't like the label.
Is that right?
I don't like to hear it come out of someone's mouth. _
Okay.
What do you like to hear it [G#] come out of?
_ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ Listen, [B] tell me seriously.
I have never seen you [A] perform, but I've read [G] reviews about vomiting on the [F#] stage,
about sticking pencils in your flesh, about bleeding lips, and all those things.
I want to know the purpose behind [B] that. _ _
The purpose or the reason?
The purpose or the [F#] reason?
I vomited.
I was ill.
I'm not sorry I was ill.
_ _ Everyone gets ill sometimes.
And I was ill one evening, and as I felt that I was going to vomit anyway, I decided [N] I may as well do it with some style.
_ _ So I did [G] it something like this. _
[B] You understand what I'm saying, sir?
You don't have to call me sir.
No, I [F#] don't have to.
_ I forgot your name. _ _ _