Against Me! - I Was A Teenage Anarchist


Chords Used
   Bb    F    Eb   D    G    C  
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|------10----8----7---------5---|
D|-8----10----8----7----5----5---|
A|-8-----8----6----5----5----3---|
E|-6--------------------3--------|


Intro
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B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro: Bb

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

Chorus:
Bb    F     Eb              D       Bb  
Dooooo you remember when you were young
                   F                Eb (hold & pause)
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Bb    F     Eb           D         Bb  
Dooooo you remember when you were young
Bb               F                Eb           D   
And you wanted to set the world on fire


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

Pre Chorus riff:
Eb D

Chorus:
Bb    F     Eb              D       Bb  
Dooooo you remember when you were young
                   F                Eb         D
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Bb    F     Eb           D         Bb  
Dooooo you remember when you were young
Bb               F                Eb              
And you wanted to set the world on fire

              Bb
when you were young
                  F                Eb         D
And you wanted to set the world on fire

Lead Riff
e|------6--|----6----|------6|
B|1/3-3---4|3-4---4-3|1/3-3--|
G|---------|---------|-------|
D|---------|---------|-------|
A|---------|---------|-------|
E|---------|---------|-------|

A# (play over lead riff)

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

Pre Chorus riff:
Eb  D

Chorus:
Dooooo you remember when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Dooooo you remember when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire
when you were young
And you wanted to set the world on fire

Outro
Play x3
e|------6--|----6----|
B|1/3-3---4|3-4---4-3|
G|---------|---------|
D|---------|---------|
A|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|

Bb
I was a teenage anarchist (4x)