Against Me
I Was A Teenage Anarchist
Key: Bb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Bb - x13331
F - 133211
Gm - 355333
Eb - x68886
F/A - x032xx
Bb/D - x587xx
Cm - x35543
Intro: Bb-- x2
Verse1:
Bb
I was a teenage anarchist
Looking for a revolution
Gm
I had the style
I had the ambition
Read all the authors
I knew the right slogans
Bb
There was no war
but the class war
I was ready to set
the world on fire
Gm
I was a teenage anarchist
Looking for a revolution
Chorus 1:
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Do you remember
Eb
when you were young
And you wanted to
Bb/D Cm (hold)
set the world on fire
Bb F Eb Bb/D
Do you remember
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
F Eb Bb/D
set the world on fire
Verse2:
Bb
I was a teenage anarchist
But the politics
were too convenient
Gm
In the depths
of their humanity
All I saw was
bloodless ideology
Bb
With freedom as
their doctrine
Guess who was
the new authority
Gm
I was a teenage anarchist
But the politics
Eb Bb/D
were too convenient
Chorus 2:
Bb F Eb Bb/D
Do you remember
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
F Eb Bb/D
set the world on fire
Bb F Eb Bb/D
Do you remember
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
Cm Eb
set the world on fire
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
Cm Eb Bb/D
set the world on fire
Bridge:
Bb Gm
I was a teenage anarchist
But then the scene
got too rigid
Cm
It was mob mentality
They set their
rifle sights on me
Eb
Narrow visions
of autonomy
You want me to
surrender my identity
F
I was a teenage anarchist
F(hold) Eb Bb/D
The revolution was a lie
Chorus 3:
Bb F Eb Bb/D
Do you remember
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
F Eb Bb/D
set the world on fire
Bb F Eb Bb/D
Do you remember
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
Cm Eb
set the world on fire
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
Cm Eb
set the world on fire
Bb
when you were young
And you wanted to
Cm Eb
set the world on fire
Bb
I was a teenage anarchist
I was a teenage anarchist
I was a teenage anarchist
Bb(hold)
I was a teenage anarchist