4 Chords used in the song: A#, F#, C#, G#
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Intro part 1
A--------------------------------------------------
E-----4-----4-----4--3-3-3h4------4-----4-3-3-3h4--
C-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----
G--------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----3-----3-----3-3-3h4--6--4--3-3-3h4--
C-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----3--3--3-3-3---- 2X
G-----------------------------------------
Intro part 2
A-1--1-3-4------3--4---------3--4--6--4--3--4--
E----------2--2-------4--4-6-------------------
C----------------------------------------------2X
G----------------------------------------------
# power chords played below
A#
F#
C#
G#
A---8---4-—-4-—-6----
E---6---2---4---4----
C---5---1---1---3----
G---x---x---1---x----
Verse 1A#
F#
When we were young the future was so bright (Woah-oh!)
C#
The old neighborhood was so alive (Woah-oh!)
G#
And every kid on the whole damn street (Woah-oh!)
Was gonna make it big and not be beatA#
F#
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn (Woah-oh!)
C#
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn (Woah-oh!)
G#
How can one little street swallow so many lives
Chorus
A#
F#
Chances thrown nothing's free
C#
G#
Longing for what used to be
A#
F#
Still it's hard, hard to see
C#
G#
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Intro part 2
Verse 2A#
F#
Jamie had a chance, well she really did (Woah-oh!
C#
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids (Woah-oh!)
G#
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of potA#
F#
Jay committed suicide (Woah-oh!)
C#
Brandon OD'd and died (Woah-oh!)
What the hell is going onG#
cruelest dream, reality
Chorus
SOLO
A-8\1--1-3-4—4/6--6—6/8-----------------------
E---------------------------2b---4b---7b---9b-
C---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
A-----11--13—-11-9—11—11b-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-
E-11--------------------------------------------
C-----------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------
A-8------—--—------------------------------------4-4-
E----11--11--9-----9-11-9-----9\4------------4-4-----
C---------------10---------10------6b--6--6----------
G----------------------------------------------------
A-------—--—----4--4—6b-6-6-6-4-6b~--4\---
E-1—2/4--4-4--4---------------------------
C-----------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------
Chorus
Outro
A-------—--—------------------------
E--6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6-4-6\---
C-----------------------------------
G-----------------------------------
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About this song: The Kids Aren't Alright
"The Kids Aren't Alright" is a punk rock song by The Offspring. It is the fifth track from the band's fifth studio album Americana (1998) and was released as the third single from this album.Its title is an allusion to the Who song "The Kids Are Alright" (from My Generation). Despite not being as commercially successful as its predecessor singles, the song remains the most-listened to Offspring song amongst Last.FM and Spotify (where it also is the most popular song of the 90s) users, and still receives some radio play. Read more on Last.fm.