Chords for John Lydon - PIL - Australia 1989 interview

For the past two or three years I've got to interview a fair few people.
You always go into interviews with a feeling of expectation, trepidation, skepticism or enthusiasm.
And I guess with John Lydon I ran the full gamut of those emotions.
He's certainly one of the most enigmatic performers ever,
and with the Sex Pistols cut a swathe through the disco heavy metal eras that were sort of running rampant in the 70s.
Of course in the 80s Public Image Limited have been establishing a loyal cult following around the world,
but he's never ever going to be able to get away from his role as lead vocalist with the now legendary Sex Pistols.
[B] John Lydon's probably best remembered as [Gb] Johnny Rotten, front man for [Em] the band that [Bb] led the punks.
He went on to form PIL, Public Image Limited, who after 11 years and [Ab] 9 albums decided to break loose and come [Fm] on down again.
Hello [G] Australia, this is Johnny Rotten and you are watching MTV.
I didn't think you called yourself Johnny Rotten anymore.
I'm Rotten to the core.
[F] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ And that's pretty much the story too with Mr.
Lydon, a man with literally something to say on anything and everything.
Let's start with interviews.
[Gb] I enjoy [D] waffling, it's part and parcel of being a human being.
[B] Okay, the British press?
Very spiteful and very tedious, they hate their [E] own.
How about his critics?
It really doesn't matter what they say because I enjoy thoroughly my work, very much so.
[G] And that's all that really counts in the end.
What [F] about Australia?
Australia to me looks like a jolly interesting place and I like it lots.
It's new, it's fresh.
Making music?
I've never done this really for fame or fortune.
I do it because I enjoy it and I think it's important.
_ _ The fact that that irritates a few _ people is a bonus.
Fair enough.
And being famous, any thoughts?
Most people would tell you it's tough being brilliant, but not I.
Making records?
The way we record is very, very quickly and as close to a live performance as you can possibly get.
_ _ _ [Fm] Charming.
How [G] does he feel about computer [Gm]-based music?
That kind of fodder dominates at the moment.
[G] And it's very, very difficult for say someone like me to argue with a record company
because ultimately that's what they want me to be.
They want me to be the Pet Shop Boys because that sells.
Well I won't do that.
Okay then, [Abm] at the other end of the spectrum, Guns N' Roses.
Ooh, I think they're probably racist myself.
They sound it [Eb] and they look dreadfully antiquated too.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [G] _ Clichéd English roadie look really, isn't it?
Youch!
Well how about their tour with In Excess?
Well they _ tried as hard as they possibly could to sabotage us on that particular tour.
_ _ _ [Ab] It didn't work.
We blew them off stage and that's all there is to it.
Dear [G] oh dear.
And Sting?
He means well I think.
_ But ultimately I have to draw the conclusion that really it's all about selling records.
Oops, what about the Stones?
They're looking rather foolish and they don't look like they enjoy it either.
_ They're obviously in it for the money.
Goodness [Dm] gracious me.
Next you'll be having a crack at [Gm] our Kylie.
[D] She's joined Madame Tussauds.
She's interesting. _ _
It'd [Abm] be hard to tell the dummy from the real thing though, wouldn't it?
She's a nice girl.
Leave her alone.
Well, move over.
It's Colette now.
[Eb] Sounds like a toothpaste.
OK, moving right along.
The Soviet Union.
It's illegal to own a public image [Eb] record.
Not a sex pistol's record.
That's fine.
That's accepted.
Just public [D] image.
Because we stand for freedom of thought, individuality, personality.
These are things that neither East or West can tolerate.
[G] Let's hope he has something nice [C] to say about live aid.
The [D] fact that there was a civil war going on in Ethiopia at the time
is utterly irrelevant to those posers.
If it wasn't to me, it mattered a lot.
I wanted to know which army these people were feeding.
And now who cares about Ethiopia?
Now it's unfashionable.
Nobody wants to talk about it anymore.
The situation is, if anything, worse now.
I think Bob Geldof cared, but he surrounded himself with [Em] sycophants.
Whoa, enough on that.
[E] Now, are there any legacies left [A] from antics of the sex [D] pistol's [Eb] days?
Still banned in quite a lot of places.
Which is outrageously unfair.
Authorities just naturally don't like people like me.
A lot of people would like me to go away.
Just drop dead, Rockman.
When I [A] want.
Good news for [G] some.
All right, commercialism and rock and roll.
[N] There isn't a single product in this world that would have the likes of me.
_ I guess that's a point.
Not one, honestly, I've tried.
Fair enough.
What does a self-confessed television addict watch?
Anything.
Except golf.
I cannot bear golf on TV.
My [G] God, have you ever seen the ball?
So what does he do when he's not doing interviews?
TV.
_ What do you do?
[Gb] You're keeping me [Ab] from Neighbours right now.
How can you watch Neighbours?
Because it's fascinatingly funny.
[E] Another thing John does like is Reg [Gb] Mombasa's 100% Mambo gear.
[C] _ [G] Maybe.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Oh, yes.
Look, you've seen it here [D] first.
You do like colours, don't you?
I [G] love colours.
_ _ Isn't that brilliant?
The weeping Jesus.
How apt.
[N] Let's hear it for the Aussies. _
Style, taste, colour.
_ [G] Yippee.
_ Uh.