The Punk Meets the Godfather
By The Who
>From Quadrophenia, 1973
Written by Pete Townshend ©1973 Fabulous Music Ltd. 

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transcribed by
litgo@aol.com
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Note: /A implied by bass

A5       x02255        G/C      x30033
Dsus2/A  x00230        G/B      x20033
Fmaj7/A  133210        G/D      xx0433
G        3x0033        D7       xx0535
G5/D     xx0033        E6       042200
F        1(t)33211     A/C#     x42220
Esus4    022200        E7       050430


[intro]

|A5 ////  |Dsus2/A ////  |Fmaj7/A //// G /|G  A5ii      |

|A5 ////  |Dsus2/A ////  |Fmaj7/A //// G /|G  A5ii  (C^)|

|A5                         |Dsus2/A             
   You declared you would be three inches taller 
   |Fmaj7/A G5/D        |G    A5  |
You only  became what we made you
|A5                        |Dsus2/A        
 Thought you were chasing a destiny calling
   |Fmaj7/A G5/D          |G    A5 |
You only    earned what we gave you

|D                          |G/D                   |
   You fell and cried as our people were starving 
|D7                  |G/D         |
 Now you know that we blame you
|A5                        |Dsus2/A               
   You tried to walk on the trail we were carving 
|Fmaj7/A G5/D        |G      A5   |
 Now you know that we framed you

[chorus]
|D                   |Dsus4                   |G/C   
   I'm the guy in the sky flying high flashing eyes
                  |G/B                     |E  E    |Esus4       |(E) 
No surprise I told lies I'm the punk in the gutter                    
                                                    |--7---------|-0--
                                                    |7^-\7-5\-2--|----
                                                    |------------|----
                                       [fill, 2nd   |------------|----
                                       chorus only] |------------|----
                                                    |------------|----

|E                 |E6                   |E7
   I'm the new president and I grew and I bent
                        |A/C#                       |E        |    |
Don't you know? Don't it show? I'm the punk with the stutter

[break]
|| D  D2 D   D2 D           D  D2 D   D2 D     ||x2
   My my my my my   G-g-g-g gener-a---tion      
||-2--0--2-|-0--2----------|2--0--2-|-0--2-----||
||--3--3--3|--3--3---------|-3--3--3|--3--3----||
||.--2--2--|2--2--2--------|--2--2--|2--2--2--.||
||.--------|-------0-------|--------|-------0-.||
||---------|---------------|--------|----------||
||---------|---------------|--------|----------||

[repeat intro]

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

[repeat chorus]
I'm the guy in the sky, flying high, flashing eyes
No surprise I told lies, I'm the punk in the gutter
I'm the new president and I grew and I bent
Don't you know? Don't it show? I'm the punk with the stutter

[repeat break]
My my my my G-g-g-g generation, My my my my G-g-g-g generation

|Dsus2         |Dsus2   D     |G/C               |G/C            |G/B
   I have to be careful not to preach, I can't pretend that I can teach
         |G/B              |Asus4          |A                   |
And yet I lived your future out by pounding stages like a clown
|Dsus2       |Dsus2       D     |G/C              |G/C         |G/B 
   And on the dance floor broken glass, and bloody faces slowly pass
            |G/B           |Asus4         |Asus4           |A    |A   |
The numbered seats in empty rows, it all belongs to me, you know

[repeat intro; first verse, chorus and break]

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