I wish I was a punk rocker (video)

C

Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair,

C F G

in seventy-seven and sixty-nine revolution was in the air.

C F

I was born too late to a world that doesn‘t care,

C F G C

oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.

C

1. When the head of state didn‘t play guitar,

Dm

not everybody drove a car,

G F C

when music really mattered and when radio was king.

C

When accountants didn‘t have control,

Dm

and the media couldn‘t buy your soul,

G F C

and computers were still scary and we didn‘t know everything.

+ CHORUS

C

2. When popstars still remained a myth

Dm

and ignorance could still be bliss,

G F C

and when God saved the Queen, she turned a whiter shade of pale.

C

When my mom and dad were in their teen,

Dm

and anarchy was still a dream,

G F C

and the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail.

+ CHORUS

C

3. When record shops were still on top,

Dm

and vinyl was all that they stocked,

G F C

and the super-info highway was still drifting out in space.

C

Kids were wearing hand me downs,

Dm

and playing games meant kick arounds,

G F C

and footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face.

C

Oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair,

C F G

in seventy-seven and sixty-nine revolution was in the air.

C F

I was born too late to a world that doesn‘t care,

C F G C

oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.

C F

+ I was born too late to a world that doesn‘t care - - -

C F G C

oh, I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair.

(orig. = capo 4th) (Sandi Thom)