I Was A Teenage Anarchist
you can include the F note in on the C and Am chords to give it the same sound but this is the basic chord progression
Verse 1
C
I was a teenage anarchist
C
Looking for a revolution
Am
I had the style I had the ambition
Am
Read all the authors I knew the right slogans
C
There was no war but the class war
C
I was ready to set the world on fire
Am
I was a teenage anarchist
Am
Looking for a revolution
Chorus
C G F C
Do you remember when you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C G F C
Do you remember when you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Verse 2
C
I was a teenage anarchist
C
But the politics were too convenient
Am
In the depths of their humanity
Am
All I saw was bloodless ideology
C
With freedom as their doctrine
C
Guess who was the new authority
Am
I was a teenage anarchist
Am
But the politics were too convenient
Chorus
C G F C
Do you remember when you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C G F C
Do you remember when you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C
When you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Verse 3
C
I was a teenage anarchist
C
But then the scene got too rigid
Am
It was mob mentality
Am
They set their rifle sights on me
C
Narrow visions of autonomy
C
You want me to surrender my identity
Am
I was a teenage anarchist
[stop]
The revolution was a lie
Chorus
C G F C
Do you remember when you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C G F C
Do you remember when you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C
When you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C
When you were young
G F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C
I was a teenage anarchist x