My Generation- Spoonboy C C E7 Am Am F C C E7 Am Am F C C E7 Am F C well the authorities called me up, and said "you may well end up in prison," E7 Am F i said "i may well, but you know i'll run away before then." C E7 Am F C they said "you know we'll catch you," i said, "nah, you wouldn't know where to start, E7 Am F C you may well put me in prison, but you won't ever touch my heart." C E7 Am F C E7 Am F C my heart, my heart, my heart, my heaart, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart. C C E7 Am Am F C C E7 Am Am F C C E7 Am F they say that kids my age think that they're invincible, C E7 Am F well that seems foolish, but i still know i'll never die, C E7 Am F C and it seems to be invincible all you've got to do is stay alive, E7 Am F and i can do that on my own terms, stay out the conversation, [intro twice more] [on this next part your strum the 1st C and let it ring and then hit it again so it stops] C C because your laws mean shit to me, C C they're just arbirtrary guidelines of absolutist ideology, C C and it seems to me when you're the ones out killing in the streets, C C C C E7 Am you've got no right to tell me what to do if i wanna be free. Am F C C E7 Am because i'm not your property. Am F C nah, i belong to me. C E7 Am F they say my generation don't stand up for what we believe in, C E7 Am F C i think it's all cuz we've been told just what to do right from the start, E7 Am F don't break the guidelines given, believe in television, C E7 Am F C well we still know what we believe when it comes pouring out our hearts. [("our hearts") over intro twice to end]