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From: Harlan L Thompson 

20TH CENTURY MAN- The Kinks

A A A(move A shape from down a fret back) A D D A E E 

 A(riff (x02220@1)2x)           AD GD GD A(riff (x02220@1)2x)

 A (x02220@1)                                            EThis (022100@1)is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare
  A (x02220@1)                       
A wonderful world of technology
 D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)(riff)
Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare
 A (x02220@1)                                          EThis (022100@1)is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation
  A (x02220@1)     
It's the age of insanity
  D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)        A(riff) (x02220@1)What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?
 A (x02220@1)              GG A (x02220@1)                  GG
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
       D (xx0232@1)    (no chord)                                         A(riff)
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here

A (x02220@1)  DG DG DA (riff)

A (x02220@1)                            G (320003@1)G# (xx1114@1)AMy (x02220@1)momma says she can't understand me
                  ECan't (022100@1)see me motivation
 AJust (x02220@1)give me some security
          D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)    A(riff) (x02220@1)I'm a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century
 A (x02220@1)                              GG# AYou (x02220@1)keep all your smart modern writers
                   EGive (022100@1)me William Shakesphere
 AYou (x02220@1)keep all your smart modern painters
 D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)         A(riff) (x02220@1)I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough

 A (x02220@1)                       GG# A (x02220@1)                       GGirl, (320003@1)we gotta get out of here,  we gotta find a solution
        D (xx0232@1)       (no chord)                                     A(riff)
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here
 A (x02220@1)                      GG# A (x02220@1)                           GWell, (320003@1)we gotta get outta here,  we've gotta find a solution
       D (xx0232@1)  (no chord)                                            AI'm (x02220@1)a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here

BRIDGE:
        Em (022000@1)              A5 (x022xx@1)    Em (022000@1)           GG/F# EmI (022000@1)was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
    D (xx0232@1)                 Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)     A5Controlled (x022xx@1)by civil servants and people dressed in grey
 A5 (x022xx@1)       Am (x02210@1)A5 (x022xx@1)        GG/F# EmGot (022000@1)no privacy, got no liberty
          D (xx0232@1)                A5 (x022xx@1)          C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1)   A (x02220@1)   (riff)
Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me

RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES


A(no (x02220@1)chord)                    GD ADon't (x02220@1)wanna get myself shot down
(no chord)                      GD ABy (x02220@1)some trigger happy policeman
(no chord)                      GD 
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
         D (xx0232@1)      F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)        AI'm (x02220@1)a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here

RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES

(no chord)                  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)AMy (x02220@1)mama says she can't understand me
 (no chord)             G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)ACan't (x02220@1)see my motivation
 (no chord)           GD
Ain't got no security
          D (xx0232@1)      F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)         AI'm (x02220@1)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 (x02220@1)                         GD AThis (x02220@1)is the twentieth century
                      GD AToo (x02220@1)much aggrevation
                          GD
This is the age of insanity
          D (xx0232@1)      F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)         AI'm (x02220@1)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 (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)    G/F# (320002@1)  Em------------------------------------ (022000@1)----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.
(from Muswell Hilbillies, 1971)
(sent by Harlan at harlat@hawaii.edu)