G Bm C D
G Bm C D
[Verse 1]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of a 100 million album sales
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your popularity
G Bm C D
You take your gaudy prize from people you said you despised
G Bm C G
You wear your self-respect upon your bended knee
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Verse 2]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your service to the working class
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your party loyalty
G Bm C D
You get an ermine robe and you declare when you are probed
G Bm C G
You only took it so the missus would be pleased
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Bridge]
Bm Em
Ohhhhhh Vanity
C D
It gets them one by one
Bm Em
Patronage and Monarchy
C D
And all they entail, rarely frail
[Verse 3]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your bravery up on the stage
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your bankability
G Bm C D
You get to wait in line with soldiers crippled by land mines
G Bm C G
And you think it's the yanks that don't get irony
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
G Bm C D
Their name
G Bm C D
Their name
G Bm C D
Their name
