Red Hot Chili Peppers

Poster Child

Red Hot Chili Peppers


Tom: C

[Intro] Em  F  Em

     Em         F    Em
E|---12--------13----12---------------|
B|---12--------13----12---------------|
G|---12--------13----12---------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|---12--------13----12---------------|
E|------------------------------------|

     G7                     C7
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---10~----x---10----------11~----x----------------|
G|---10~----x---10----------12~----x----------------|
D|------------------9~-----------------8-8-8-8~-----|
A|-----------------10~------------------------------|
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     G7                     C7
E|---------------------------------------10--10--10--10---|
B|---10~----x---10----------11~----x-----11--11--11--11---|
G|---10~----x---10----------12~----x------9---9---9---9---|
D|------------------9~------------------------------------|
A|-----------------10~------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

     G7                     D7
E|--------------------------12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
B|---10~----x---10----------13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|
G|---10~----x---10----------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
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[Refrão] 

     G7               C7
E|----------------------------8---------------|
B|------------8------------11---11------------|
G|---------10---10-------9---------9----------|
D|-------9---------9--10----------------------|
A|----10--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

     G7                D7
E|---------------------12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--|
B|-----------8---------13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--|
G|--------10---10------11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
D|------9---------9------------------------------------|
A|---10------------------------------------------------|
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( Bb  F  Gm  C7  D7 )


      Bb         F    Gm       C7   D7
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B|----15-x------12----11-x-----13---15--13/15-15-15-15-x-|
G|----15-x------13----12-x-----12---14--12/14-14-14-14-x-|
D|--------------14----12-x-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

    D7
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B|--13/15--15-15-15-15-----------------------------------|
G|--12/14--14-14-14-14---10-12b14----14r12p10--12-10~----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
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G7
Melle Mel and Richard Hell were dancing at the Taco Bell
C7
When someone heard a rebel yell, I think it was an infidel
G7
Adam Ant and Robert Plant were center of a sycophant
C7
Used to buy Ulysses Grant to record at the Record Plant
G7
Islamabad is on the nod, Havana at the riot squad
C7
And if you want to be a Mod, you'll have to meet me at the quad

G7
You got the best of my loco
C7
I'll take the rest of your showboat
G7
You got the best of my Yoko
C7
I'll take the rest of your low notе

G7
Parliament's Atomic Dog that hats were filling up a fog
C7
Wе talk about the life and death of everything in analog
G7
The seventies were such a win, singing the Led Zeppelin
C7
Lizzy lookin' mighty thin, the Thompsons had another twin
G7
I thought I won the lottery, the numbers never thought of me
D7
Ramones had a lobotomy, so spin me like a pottery

G7             C7
I will be your poster child
             G7                   C7                  
You know the world is ours for a little while
         G7             C7              G7
And then I will be your poster child tonight, ow
D7
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

G7
A funky piece, the Sandinista, me and minor Mona Lisa
C7
Judas Priest has whipped the beast, the mother love was named 
Teresa
G7
Bubble gum, I come bazooka, dirty dandy nana-looka
C7
Smoke banana in your hookah, now I know the band is ruca
G7
Bernie Mac and Caddyshack were dusty as the bric-a-brac
C7
And if you ask me for the time, I'll tell you that the future's back

G7
You got the best of my loco
C7
I'll take the rest of your showboat
G7
You got the best of my Yoko
C7
I'll take the rest of your low note

G7
Steve Miller and Duran Duran, the Joker dancing in the sand
C7
Van Morrison, the Astral man, the festival of hurricanes
G7
Speak of Chico and the Man, the silence of a certain lamb
C7
MC5 kick out the jam, a poncho full of contraband
G7
Dairy Queen was on the scene on every preteen magazine
D7
The Motörhead and mystic queen, I must've needed Valvoline

G7             C7
I will be your poster child
             G7                   C7                  
You know the world is ours for a little while
         G7             C7              G7
And then I will be your poster child tonight, ow
D7
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

[Passagem]

Bb   F     Gm
You got me on this
C7                 D7
But then I can't get off

With no one else but you

Bb   F      Gm
You turn me on too
C7                  D7
Well, then I can't get up, ooh

For no one else but you

G7
Creem magazine, A Love Supreme, the ballad of a Billie Jean
C7
And now we know the Status Quo, but God would never save the Queen
G7
Dave Mushegain, Copenhagen, copper goose of Ronald Reagan
C7
Dollar savers, Flavor Flav, the cosmic moves are power saving
G7
And my fist a double kissed unlisted number purplemist and
C7
Chubby Checker do the twist, and everyone's a narcissist

G7
You got the best of my loco
C7
I'll take the rest of your showboat
G7
You got the best of my Yoko
C7
I'll take the rest of your low note

G7
The waterbed was takin' meds, a beaver with the house of red
C7
A fatty for the natty dread, a pocket full of talking heads
G7
M.I.A.'s making paper planes, addiction to the days of Janes
C7
My stuff is made of purple rain, ten fingers in the lion's mane
G7
Giant squid, Karate Kid, Sid Vicious in the Katie-did
D7
The planet that we must forbid, the English speakers in Madrid

G7             C7
I will be your poster child
             G7                   C7                  
You know the world is ours for a little while
         G7             C7              G7
And then I will be your poster child tonight, ow
D7
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

G7             C7
I will be your poster child
             G7                   C7                  
You know the world is ours for a little while
         G7             C7              G7
And then I will be your poster child tonight, ow
D7
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum

[Final] Bb  F  Gm  C7  D7
        Bb  F  Gm  C7  D7
        Bb  F  Gm  C7  D7
        Bb  F  Gm  C7  D7