I WISH I WAS A PUNK-ROCKER (WITH FLOWERS IN MY HAIR)

LEVEL 5E · 108 BPM · Sandi Thom

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Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

Oh, I (E)wish I was a punk rock er with (A)flo wers in (E)my hair.

In (E)se ven ty se ven and six ty nine, re vo (B)lu tion was in the air.

I was (E)born too (B)late, in to a (C#m)world that does n’t care.

Oh, I (E)wish I was a punk rock er with (B)flo wers in my (E)hair.

When the (E)head of state still did n’t play gui tar, not (A)ev ’ry bo dy drove a car, when when (B)mu sic real ly mat high tered and was when (A)ra di o shade was (E)king; when ac count ants and did n’t have con trol and the (A)me di a could n’t buy still your soul and com (B)pu ters were still sca ry and we a (A)did n’t know ev ’ry (E)thing.

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Oh, I (E)wish I was a punk rock er with (A)flo wers in my hair.

In se ven ty se ven and six ty nine, re vo (B)lu tion was in the air.

I was (E)born too (B)late, in to a (C#m)world that does n’t (A)care.

Oh, I (E)wish I was a punk rock er with (B)flo wers in my (E)hair.

When (E)pop stars shops still re mained still a myth and (A)ig no rance could still be bliss, and the (B)God per saved the Queen, high she turned was a (A)whit er o out of (E)pale.

when ac My mum and dad were in their teens and the (A)an ar chy could was buy kick a dream, and the (B)on ly way to stay in touch was a (A)let ter a in the (E)mail.