Flower Punk
Frank Zappa

RECORDED in A WITH CAPO ON 2nd FRET

INTRO:
D D Dsus2 D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

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Hey Punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand?
Bb     F             C               G              D
Hey Punk, where you goin' with that flower in your hand?
          Bb            F         C          G       D
Well, I'm goin' up to 'Frisco to join a psychedelic band
    Bb            F         C          G       D
I'm goin' up to 'Frisco to join a psychedelic band

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Hey Punk, where you goin' with that button on your shirt?
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Hey Punk, where you goin' with that button on your shirt?
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I'm goin' to the love-in to sit and play my bongos in the dirt
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Yes, I'm goin' to the love-in to sit and play my bongos in the dirt

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Hey Punk, where you goin' with that hair on your head?
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Hey Punk, where you goin' with that hair on your head?
    Bb            F                 C                G             D
I'm goin' to the dance to get some action, then I'm goin' home to bed
    Bb            F                 C                G             D
I'm goin' to the dance to get some action, then I'm goin' home to bed

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Hey Punk, where you goin' with those beads around your neck?
Bb     F             C                G                 D
Hey Punk, where you goin' with those beads around your neck?
    Bb           F                C       G            D
I'm goin' to the shrink so he can help me be a nervous wreck

*From here you can just keep playing the A riff, but here are the lyrics after Verse 4*

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Hey Punk!
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Punky!
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Hey Punk!
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Punk!
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Hey Punk!
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(Hey Punk!)
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Hey Punk!
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Hey Punk!
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Punky!
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(Hey Punk!)
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Hey-hey!
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(Hey Punk!)

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Go man, go . . . go man, go .
A  N.C.
Just a little bit softer
N.C.                     C5 D5 C5 D5
Golly, do I ever have a lot of soul!
Punk, I think I love you!
N.C.
Come on, Roy
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Questi dominga?
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Let me see that nose, it didn't .
N.C.
Orale!
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I wanna know for sure!
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Leave my nose alone please!
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What are you trying to do?
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He's gonna stand over there
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Bigashi' nunga!
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But this is Cheetah
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Buirote
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Chita!

[FZ on the left]

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It's one of the most exciting things that's ever happened to me. You know, every time I think
about how lucky
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I am to be in the rock & roll industry, it's SO exciting. You know, when I first got into the
rock & roll
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business I could barely even play the changes to this song on my, on my guitar. But now I'm
very proficient at
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it, I can play the guitar, I can strum it rhythmically, I can sing along with my guitar as I
strum. I can
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strum, sing, dance, I can make merry fun all over the stage. And you know, it's so wonderful
to . . . It's
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wonderful to feel that I'm doing something for the kids, because I know that the kids and
their music are
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where it's at. The youth of America today is so wonderful . . . And I'm proud to be a part of
this gigantic
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mass deception. I hope she sees me twirling, yes . . . I hope she sees me dancing and
twirling, I will say:
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"Hello, dolly!" Is the song over?

[FZ on the right]

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Boy, this is really exciting, making a rock & roll record. I can't even wait until our record
comes out and
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the teen-agers start to buy it. We'll all be rich and famous! When my royalty check comes I
think I'm going
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to buy a Mustang. No, I think I'll . . . I think I'll get a Corvette. No, I think I'll get a
Harley Davidson.
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No, I don't think I'll buy any of those cars. I think what I will do is I will buy a boat. No,
 that wouldn't
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be good either. I think, ah, I'll go into real estate. I think I would like to . . . I think I
 would like to
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buy La Cienega Boulevard. No, that wouldn't do any good. Gee, I wonder if they can see me up
here, twirling
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my tambourine and dancing. Maybe after the show one of the girls who sees me up here, singing
and twirling my
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tambourine and dancing, will like me. And she will come over to me and I will walk . . . I
will walk up to her
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and I will smile at her and I will impress her and I will say: "Hello, baby, what's a girl
like you doing in a
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place like this? I'm from a rock & roll band, I think we should . . . "Is the song over?

[Center mumbling]

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Ay, ay!
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Mingia!
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There she is!
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Dy!
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Buirote
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When do we get paid for this?
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Ay, ay!
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. . . papa . . . huevos
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Huevos?
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Rock, bop, rock & roll
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Rock, bop .
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One more time!
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Un .
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Stop sloppy rock & roll
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Bop bop bop!
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YEAH! WHEEE!