Johnny Q. Public - Readers Digest guitar tab

Readers Digest

As performed by Johnny Q. Public

words & music by Larry Norman

(c)1973 Colgems/EMI Music

(Verse 1)

A

Alice is a drag queen

Bowie, somewhere in between

Other, bands are looking mean

Me I'm trying to stay clean

D

I don't dig the radio

I hate what hte charts pick

Rock and roll may not be dead

But it's getting sick

E

All over the world

Disc jockeys talk insane

A

Every town I play

Is like I'm wondering why I came

(Verse 2)

A

The Rolling Stones are trillionaires

The flower children paul bearers

Beatles said "All You Need Is Love"

And then they broke up

D

River took and overdose

Kurt followed so close

Tho whole music scene and all the

Bands are pretty comatose

E

This time last year

People didn't want to hear

A

They looked at Jesus from afar

They say he's a superstar

(Bridge)

A

Dear John

Who's more popular now

I've been listening to Paul's records

And I think he really is dead

(Verse 3)

A

It's nineteen-ninety-four

Teen spirit has become a bore

Who's in power now

I think I'll turn on the TV

D

The man on the news says

Japan is gonna beat us

A

We shot all dreamers

And there's no one left to lead us

E

We need a solution, we need salvation

A

So they sent some people to the moon

To gather information

They brought back a big bag of rocks

It only cost 13 billion buckaroos

Must be some really nice rocks

(Verse 4)

A

You think it's such a sad thing

When you see a fallen king

Then you fine out they were only

Princes to begin with

D

Everybody has to chose

Whether they will win or lose

A

Follow God or sing the blues

And who they're going to sin with

E

What a mess the world is in

I wonder who began it

A

Don't ask me

I'm only visiting the planet

This world is not my home

I'm just passing through