20th Century Man

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  • 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)
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    A E
    This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare
  • A
    A wonderful world of technology
    D G D A (riff)
  • Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare
    A E
    This is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation
  • A
    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 G
    Ain'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 D G D G D A (riff)
     
    A G G# A
  • My momma says she can't understand me
    E
    Can't see me motivation
  • A
    Just give me some security
    D G D A (riff)
  • I'm a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century
    A G G# A
    You keep all your smart modern writers
  • E
    Give me William Shakesphere
    A
  • You keep all your smart modern painters
    D G D A (riff)
    I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough
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    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 G
  • Well, 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
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    BRIDGE:
    Em A5 Em G G/F# Em
  • I was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
    D Am C C/B A5
    Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in grey
  • A5 Am A5 G G/F# Em
    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
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    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 A
  • I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
     
    RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
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    (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 A
    I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
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    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 A
  • This is the twentieth century
    G D A
    Too much aggrevation
  • G D
    This is the age of insanity
    D F C G A
  • I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here
     
    RIFF:
  • 'A' chord
    ----------------------------
    -------------------3-3-3-2--
  • -------------------2-2-2-2-- repeat
    -------------------4-4-4-2--
    ----0-5p0-5p0---0-----------
  • --------------0-------------
     
    RIFF #2:
  • A G G/F# Em
    ------------------------------------
    ----3-3-2---------0------0----------
  • ----2-2-2---------0------0----------
    ----4-4-2---0---0------0------0-----
    --0-------0-------------------------
  • --------------3------2------0-------
     
    NOTE: Pick notes on the bridge, strum all other times. The riffs are
  • approximate, to give the general idea. The bridge has been altered a bit
    to make it sound better for guitar. This is the way the song goes in my
    mind.
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