Poster Child chords by Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Intro]

  E7    F7   E7   
 
 
[Verse]

 G7+9
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+9
Adam Ant and Robert Plant 

Were center of a sycophant

C7
Used to buy Ulysses Grant to 

Record at the Record Plant

   G7+9
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
 
 
[Refrain]

G7+9
 You got the best of my loco
C7
 I'll take the rest of your showboat
G7+9
 You got the best of my Yoko
C7
 I'll take the rest of your lono
 
 
[Verse]

 G7+9
Parliamеnt's Atomic Dog that 

Hats were filling up a fog

    C7
We talk about thе life and death of 

Everything he ever loved

     G7+9
The seventies were such a win, 

Singing the Led Zeppelin

 C7
Lizzy lookin' mighty thin, 

The Thompson's had another twin

    G7+9
I thought I won the lottery, 

The numbers never thought of me

   D7+9
Ramones had a lobotomy, 

So spin me like a pottery
 
 
[Chorus]

G               C7
I will be your poster child
              G           
You know the world is ours 
     C7
For a  little while

         G             C7     
And then I will be your poster 
         G
Child tonight, ow

 D7+9
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum
 
 
[Verse]

   G7+9
A funky piece, the Sandinista, 

Me and minor Mona Lisa

 C7
Judas Priest has whipped the beast, 

The mother love was named Theresa

 G7+9
Bubble gum, a cup of soup, 

Dirty dandy nanda loop

    C7
A small banana in your hoop, and now 

I know the band is snooka

 G7+9
Bernie Mac and Caddyshack were 

Dusty as the bric-a-brac

    C7
And if you ask me for the time, 

I tell you that the preacher's back
 
 
[Refrain]

G7+9
 You got the best of my loco
C7
 I'll take the rest of your showboat
G7+9
 You got the best of my Yoko
C7
 I'll take the rest of your lono
 
 
[Verse]

       G7+9
Steve Miller and Duran Duran,

 The Joker dancing in the sand

     C7
Van Morrison the Astral man 

The festival of hurricanes

  G7+9
Speak of Chico and the Man, 

The silence of a certain lamb

 C7
MC5 kick out the jam, a 

Poncho full of contraband

 G7+9
Merry Queen was on the scene 

On every preteen magazine

     D7+9
The Motörhead and mystic queen, 

I must've needed Valvoline
 
 
[Chorus]

G               C7
I will be your poster child
              G           
You know the world is ours 
     C7
for a  little while

         G             
And then I will be your
C7               G
 Poster child tonight

 D7+9
La-da-da-da, bum-bum-budum
 
 
[Bridge]

   Bb    Am         Gm
You     got me on this
      C                   D7    C7   D7
But then I can't get off
                      C7    D7
With no one else but you
   Bb   Am         Gm
You    turn me on to
 C                 
Well, then I can't 
       D7   C7  D7
Get up, ooh

                     C7   D7
For no one else but you
 
 
[Verse]

       G7+9
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+9
Hear me shakin', Copenhagen, 

Cop a ghost of Ronald Reagan

C7
All I say was Flavor Flav the 

Cosmic rays were power saving

     G7+9
And my fist double kissed a 

Listed number purple

     C7
Mr Chubby Checker do the twist, 

And everyone's a narcissist
 
 
[Refrain]

G7+9
 You got the best of my loco
C7
 I'll take the rest of your showboat
G7+9
 You got the best of my Yoko
C7
 I'll take the rest of your lono
 
 
[Verse]

     G7+9
The waterbed was takin' meds, 
   C7
A beaver with the house of red  .. a

 Pocket full of Talking Heads

  G7+9
M.I.A.'s making paper planes, 

Addiction to the ways of Janes

     C7
My stuff is made of purple rain
     C7
Ten fingers in the lion's mane
 G7+9
Giant squid, Karate Kid, 

Sid Vicious and the we did

      D7+9
The planet that we must
 
 
[Chorus]

G               C7
I will be your poster child
              G           
You know the world is ours 
     C7
For a little while

         G             
And then I will be your

C7               G    D7+9
 Poster child tonight

G               C7
I will be your poster child
              G           
You know the world is ours 
     C7
For a little while 

         G             
And then I will be your 

C7               G     D7+9
 Poster child tonight
 
 
 
[Ending]

Bb   Am  Gm  C  D7  C7   D7  C7  D7 
Bb  Am   Gm  C  D7  C7   D7  C7  D7
Bb  Am   Gm  C  D7  C7   D7  C7  D7
Bb  Am   Gm  C  D7  C7   D7  C7  D7
 
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ℹ️ About This Song

On the 4th of March 2022, the track was released. The track was written by Chad Smith, John Frusciante, Flea & Anthony Kiedis.

Track Info

• Song: Poster Child
• Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Written by Chad Smith, John Frusciante, Flea & Anthony Kiedis
• Produced by Rick Rubin
• Album: Unlimited Love
• Released Date: 4 March 2022

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: Bb
• Chords: E7, F7, G7+9, C7, D7+9, G, Bb, Am, Gm, C, D7
• BPM: 165
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord