I Was A Teenage Anarchist Uke tab by Against Me

4 Chords used in the song: C, Am, G, F

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Key: C, AmChords
I Was A A Teenage Anarchist

you can include the F F note in on the C C and Am Am chords to give it the same sound but this is the basic chord progression

Verse 1
C C
I was a teenage anarchist
C C
Looking for a revolution
Am Am
I had the style, I had the ambition
Am Am
Read all the authors I knew the right slogans
C C
There was no war but the class war
C C
I was ready to set the world on fire
Am Am
I was a teenage anarchist
Am Am
Looking for a revolution

Chorus
C C G G F F C C
Do you remember when you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C C G G F F C C
Do you remember when you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire

Verse 2
C C
I was a teenage anarchist
C C
But the politics were too convenient
Am Am
In the depths of their humanity
Am Am
All I saw was bloodless ideology
C C
With freedom as their doctrine
C C
Guess who was the new authority
Am Am
I was a teenage anarchist
Am Am
But the politics were too convenient

Chorus
C C G G F F C C
Do you remember when you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C C G G F F C C
Do you remember when you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C C
When you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire

Verse 3
C C
I was a teenage anarchist
C C
But then the scene got too rigid
Am Am
It was mob mentality
Am Am
They set their rifle sights on me
C C
Narrow visions of autonomy
C C
You want me to surrender my identity
Am Am
I was a teenage anarchist
[stop]
The revolution was a lie

Chorus
C C G G F F C C
Do you remember when you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C C G G F F C C
Do you remember when you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C C
When you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire
C C
When you were young
G G F F
And you wanted to set the world on fire

C C
I was a teenage anarchist (4x)

Uke tab by , 16 Nov 2017

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About this song: I Was A Teenage Anarchist

According to the I Was A Teenage Anarchist Songfacts, this song features frontwoman Laura Jane Grace reminiscing about her past as an anarchist and detailing why she left the movement. Read more on Last.fm.

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