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I Was A Teenage Anarchist

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Capo 3
[Intro] 
G
[Verse]
GI was a teenage anarchist
Looking for a revolution
I had the Emstyle, I had the ambition
Read all the authors I knew the right slogans
There was no wGar but the class war
I was ready to set the world on fire
I was a tEeenage anarchist
Looking for a revolution
[Chorus]
GDooooDo you Cremember G/Bwhen you were Gyoung
And you wanted to sDet the world on fiCreG/B  
Dooooo you remember when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
[Verse]
GI was a teenage anarchist
But the politics were too convenient
In the Emdepths of their humanity
All I saw was bloodless ideology
With Gfreedom as their doctrine
Guess who was the new authority
I was a Emteenage anarchist
But the politics were too convenient
[Instrumental]
G F#
[Chorus]
GDooooDo you Cremember G/Bwhen you were Gyoung
And you wanted to sDet the world on fiCreG/B  
Dooooo you remember when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
[Verse]
G
I was a Emteenage anarchist
But then the scene got too rigid
It was mAmob mentality
They set their rifle sights on me
Narrow vCisions of autonomy
You want me to surrender my identity
I was a Dteenage anarchist
      [stop]
The revolution was a lie
[Instrumental]
G F#
[Chorus]
Dooooo you remember when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Dooooo you remember when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
[Outro] (4x)
GI was a teenage anarchist

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I Was A Teenage Anarchist

by Against Me!

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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G/B

Capo 3

[Intro]

[Verse]

I was a teenage anarchist

Looking for a revolution

I had the style, I had the ambition

Read all the authors I knew the right slogans

There was no war but the class war

I was ready to set the world on fire

I was a teenage anarchist

Looking for a revolution

[Chorus]

G D C G/B G

Dooooo you remember when you were young

D C G/B

And you wanted to set the world on fire

Dooooo you remember when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

[Verse]

I was a teenage anarchist

But the politics were too convenient

In the depths of their humanity

All I saw was bloodless ideology

With freedom as their doctrine

Guess who was the new authority

I was a teenage anarchist

But the politics were too convenient

[Instrumental]

G F#

[Chorus]

G D C G/B G

Dooooo you remember when you were young

D C G/B

And you wanted to set the world on fire

Dooooo you remember when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

[Verse]

I was a teenage anarchist

But then the scene got too rigid

It was mob mentality

They set their rifle sights on me

Narrow visions of autonomy

You want me to surrender my identity

I was a teenage anarchist

[stop]

The revolution was a lie

[Instrumental]

G F#

[Chorus]

Dooooo you remember when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

Dooooo you remember when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

when you were young

And you wanted to set the world on fire

[Outro] (4x)

I was a teenage anarchist

About I Was A Teenage Anarchist Chords by Against Me!

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