The Punk and the Godfather chords by The Who

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
You declared you would be three
inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing
a destiny calling
F 
G 
You only earned what we gave you
C 
You fell and cried as our
people were starving
G 
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail
we were carving
F 
G 
Now you know that we framed you

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Verse 2
C 
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
D 
I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president
G 
But I grew and I  bent
D 
Don't you know, don't it show?
G 
D 
C 
I'm the punk with the stutter
My my my my my my

Interlude 1

Generation (generation, generation)

Verse 3
G 
We tried to speak between lines of oration
C 
F 
G 
You could only repeat what we told you
Your axe belongs to a dying nation
F 
G 
They don't know that we own you
C 
You're watching movies
trying to find the feelers
G 
You only see what we show you
We're the slaves of
the phony leaders

Verse 4
Breathe the air we have blown you
C 
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
D 
I'm the punk in the gutter
Woo, I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
C 
Don't you know, don't it show?
G 
C 
D 
I'm the punk with the stutter
C 
My my my my my my my my
G 
Generation, my,

Verse 5

my, my,

my, my, my generation

Verse 6
C 
I have to be careful not to preach
F 
I can't pretend that I can teach
C 
Ab 
And yet I lived your future out
G 
C 
By pounding stages like a clown
And on the dance floor broken glass
F 
The bloody faces slowly pass
G 
The numbered seats in empty rows
It all belongs to me you know
Ab 
G 

Verse 7
C 
G 
Okay
C 
G 
You declared you would
be three inches taller
You only became what we made you
Thought you were chasing
C 
a destiny calling
G 
C 
You only earned what we gave you
You fell and cried as our
people were starving
G 
Now you know that we blame you
You tried to walk on the trail
we were carving
C 
G 
Now you know that we framed you

Verse 8
C 
I'm the guy in the sky
Flying high flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies
D 
I'm the punk in the gutter
Woo, I'm the new president
And I grew and I bent
Don't you know, don't it show?
G 
C 
D 
I'm the punk with the stutter
C 
My my my my my my my my