Bb F5 Bb Bb (F) Bb Bb C5 F7 A C7 F7 | A well known groover, rock 'n' roll user wanted to be a star. F7 Ab:A C7 Ab | Bb But he failed the blues, and he's back to loser, (D) Bb C5 F7 Ab:A C7 F7 | F7 A C7 Ab:A | Playing folk in a country bar.

^C7 Reggae ^Bbmusic ^Eb7didn't seem to ^Bbsatisfy his ^F7needs. ^Ab ^C7 C7 Eb Bb(maj7) F7 He couldn't handle modern jazz, 'cause they play it in difficult keys. Eb G7 Ab Bb Ab F7 Ab:A But now he's found a music he can call his own, ^C7Some people call it ^Ebjunk, but he don't ^Bbcare, he's found a ^C7home.

instr break: C7 | C7 | Bb | Bb Db F7 | F7 (D) C7 F D7 C D C7 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.

(Eb) F7 He's the Prince of the Punks and he's finally made it,

^EbThinks he looks cool ^Ebut ^Ghis ^Abact is dated.^F ^Gb interlude: | F(7) | F(7) | Eb | Ab G-F7-Eb | F(7) | | F(7) | Eb Eb+D5 | Eb G7 Ab A |

He ^Bbtried to be gay, but it didn't ^Dpay, Bb F7 A C7 | F7 Ab C7 Ab | So he bought a motorbike instead. He ^Bbfailed ^Ebat ^Bb7funk, ^Dso ^Bbhe became ^G5a ^Bb7punk, C F7 Ab:A C7 F7 | F7 Ab:A C7 F7 Bb

| 'Cause he thought he'd make a little more bread. C7 Bbm Eb Ebm Eb Bb F7 Ab | He's been through all of the changes, from rock opera to Mantovani.

^C7 Now he wears ^Bba ^Ebswastika band and ^Bbleather boots up past ^Ebhis ^Fkne^F7es. Eb G7 Bb G7 F7 Ab:A ^C7He's much too old for twenty-eight, but he thinks he's seventeen, Thinks ^Bbhe's a ^Ebstud, but I think ^C7he ^Bblooks more like a ^Cqueen.^C7 C Bb C C7 | But I think he looks more like a queen.

interude: | C7 | Bb | Bb Db F |

He's the ^F7Prince of the ^CPunks and ^Fhe's finally ^Cmade it, F7 C7 F C (Ab F A) Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated. He ^Bbtalks like a ^FCockney but ^Bbit's all bo^Flogna, He's ^F7really middle ^Cclass and he's ^Fjust a ^Fpho^Cny. ^AbHe acts tough but it's just a ^Ebfront. ^Bb

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Kinks - Prince Of The Punks