Song Length |
3:59 |
Genre |
Rock - Punk, Rock - Alternative |
Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
Mood |
Restless |
Subject |
Musician |
Language |
English |
Era |
1970 - 1979 |
Lyrics
VERSE
C Em
40 days working for the man
Am
longest time that Ive ever done
it was over I felt like
G
my life had drained away from me
Car tail lights are burning chunks of coal
heart is heavy soul is going cold
knowledge that a little green
is all it took to sell my dreams
and its a
CHORUS
F
Punk Revelation
C
Of the shape of things to come
F
Punk Rock Revelation
C G
Just to feel the human touch
Its broken and ugly and never enough oh but I
I would give anything
C Em
Way back in 1973
Am
New York London all those local scenes
All these ugly guys, none too bright,
G
and nobody much wanted them around
Stolen mic, pawn shop bass and drums
are just tools, the music's coming from
place inside that through all this,
scream I may not be much but I exist I exist
and its a
F
Punk Revelation
C
Of the shape of things to come
F
Punk Rock Revelation
C G
Just to feel the human touch
Its broken and ugly and never enough oh but I
I would give anything
Solo -
(guitar)
C Em Am G
C Em Am G
C Em Am G
(Harmonica or Organ)
C Em Am G
C Em Am G
(quietly) VERSE
Punk rock wont stop your bleeding wrists
nor make up for the life you missed
but in a soulless sanitized world
it cries, resist resist resist!
and its a
CHORUS
F
Punk Revelation
C
Of the shape of things to come
F
Punk Rock Revelation
C G
Just to feel the human touch
Its broken and ugly and never enough oh but I
I would give anything
VERSE x 4
Its a Punk Rock Revelation
Punk Rock Revelation
Punk Rock Revelation
(its got to be something real)
ENDS ON C