A A A(move A shape from down a fret back) A D D A E E
A (riff 2x) A D G D G D A (riff 2x)
A E
This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare
A wonderful world of technology
D G D A (riff)Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare
A EThis is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation
It's the age of insanity
D G D A (riff)What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?
A G G A G GAin't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
D (no chord) A(riff)
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
A G G# A
My momma says she can't understand me
ECan't see me motivation
Just give me some security
D G D A (riff)I'm a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century
A G G# AYou keep all your smart modern writers
Give me William Shakesphere
AYou keep all your smart modern painters
D G D A (riff)I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough
A G G# A G
Girl, we gotta get out of here, we gotta find a solution
D (no chord) A(riff)
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here
A G G# A GWell, we gotta get outta here, we've gotta find a solution
D (no chord) A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here
BRIDGE:
Em A5 Em G G/F# EmI was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
D Am C C/B A5Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in grey
Got no privacy, got no liberty
D A5 C C/B A (riff)Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
A (no chord) G D A
Don't wanna get myself shot down
(no chord) G D A
By some trigger happy policeman
(no chord) G D
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
D F C G AI'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
(no chord) G D A
My mama says she can't understand me
(no chord) G D A
Can't see my motivation
(no chord) G D
Ain't got no security
D F C G AI'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 (repeat ...)
I don't want twentieth century man, I don't want twentieth century man
I don't want twentieth century man, I don't want twentieth century man
A G D AThis is the twentieth century
G D AToo much aggrevation
This is the age of insanity
D F C G AI'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here
RIFF
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RIFF #2
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