E - 022100
B - x24442
F#m - 244222
A - x02220

[Intro]

E A (x8)

E             

[Verse 1]

                      E             
To the people making life from lust,
 B                     F#m
abusing trust, and the fuckers who made fools
            A
out of the best of us: 
                  E                                                   
You've swayed the public thought 
                  B                            F#m
that they're all that they've bought, and otherwise they're ugly people that 
      A
will soon be dust.
              E                                                       
And to the schools that brought us up 
             B                    F#m
and had us 'socialized', teaching us the world 
                         A
through hall passes and single file lines.
        E                                   B                     
We are discouraged to ask questions or to raise a fist. 
           F#m
No wonder nobody can tell there's 
           A                               E
something so much fucking bigger than this.

[Verse 2]

                E              B               
And we say everyday that we won't 
            F#m                  A
grow up to live the lives that they do, 
            E             B
and yet we only walk on footsteps 
           F#m                   A                      
that they set for us instead of clearing paths towards 
E                  B                 F#m
promised lands we dreamt about, and better worlds we 
A
read about.

[Verse 3]

              E                         B              
We leave our higher educations that we all 'must' get 
        F#m                           A
with a signature stamped paper and a mound of debt. 
             E                                    B                       
The bank has got us by the throat and then we're forced to settle 
         F#m                       A
for the jobs we hate, 9 to 5, 40 hours, 
                  E                                B              
40 years til the day we are too weak to work, too frail to play. 
F#m                                   A
No friends or lovers because they've all passed away
              E                    B                            
We've waited for this day all of our lives long, 
            F#m
and on our death bed the stereo 
       A                               E  B  A
plays our favorite teenage anthem song. 

[Bridge]
         E  B  A    E B A  
We sing alooooooong.
A        E  B  A          
We sing alooooooong.
A          E  B
We sing along. 
B        F#m   A
We sing aloooooong. 
A         E   B
We sing along.
B        F#m   A
We sing aloooooong. 

[Final verse]
                               E                                             
And to white, middle-class, suburban kids: 
                          B
start dealing with your privileges. 
           F#m
Smash your TV, read a book, or 
         A                           
see the world instead. 
            E
Enjoy the simple things in life 
   B                         F#m
because you can, like your family, friends, community, 
      A
and local bands.
            E                                  
If there's one thing in your life that 
         B                           F#m
you'll never forget, its that we're dead in the future 
           A 
but we're not dead yet.
            E                          B                               
Your life starts right now so start acting like it, 
                F#m                            A
or else you'll wake up one day feeling like a silhouette.