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Tuning: Standard
Intro:
E B A B
EVeBrsAe:B  
EI BDoAn'Bt know what you think we do with our time
Government's making new laws all of the time
EDo BYAou Bthink we don't know what's wrong or What's right
Trying to tell them that being young's not a crime
EDo BYAou Bthink that we're not all there just because of how we cut our hair
We try To tell em, but they just don't care, This stuffed up system's so unfair
EYoBu AtrBeat us like we're living worthless lives
Bridge:
G#mAnd AIf EyBou think, you've got us cornered now, well you think you've got us figgured out
G#mWell AiBt won't be long before you hear us shout
Chorus:
EHeBy! I Don't wanna be... Second Class Citizen
EHoAw can you call me... Second Class Citizen
ENoB, AI Don't wanna be... Second Class Citizen, anymore
BNot anymore, No!
Intro, Verse, Bridge, Chorus, Intro, Verse, Bridge, Chorus, Intro + "I don't wanna be...)

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Second Class Citizen

by Area 7

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

Tuning: Standard

Intro:

E B A B

Verse:

E B A B

I Don't know what you think we do with our time

Government's making new laws all of the time

E B A B

Do You think we don't know what's wrong or What's right

Trying to tell them that being young's not a crime

E B A B

Do You think that we're not all there just because of how we cut our hair

We try To tell em, but they just don't care, This stuffed up system's so unfair

E B A B

You treat us like we're living worthless lives

Bridge:

G#m A E B

And If you think, you've got us cornered now, well you think you've got us figgured out

G#m A B

Well it won't be long before you hear us shout

Chorus:

E B

Hey! I Don't wanna be... Second Class Citizen

E A

How can you call me... Second Class Citizen

E B A

No, I Don't wanna be... Second Class Citizen, anymore

Not anymore, No!

Intro, Verse, Bridge, Chorus, Intro, Verse, Bridge, Chorus, Intro + "I don't wanna be...)

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