I was a teenage anarchist

Against Me!

[Capo third fret]

Intro: G
Verse:
GI (320003@1)was a teenage anarchist
Looking for a revolution
          EmI (022000@1)had the style, I had the ambition
Read all the authors I knew the right slogans
              G (320003@1)              
There was no war but the class war
I was ready to set the world on fire
         E (022100@1)         
I was a teenage anarchist
Looking for a revolution

Chorus:
G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)   C (x32010@1)     Cadd2/B        G (320003@1)
Dooooo you remember when you were young
                   D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)  Cadd2/B
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


G (320003@1)      
I was a teenage anarchist
But the politics were too convenient
       EmIn (022000@1)the depths of their humanity
All I saw was bloodless ideology
     GWith (320003@1)freedom as their doctrine
Guess who was the new authority
        EmI (022000@1)was a teenage anarchist
But the politics were too convenient

Pre Chorus riff:
G F#

Chorus:(same chords)

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
              Gwhen (320003@1)you were young
                  D (xx0232@1)              CAnd (x32010@1)you wanted to set the world on fire


G (320003@1)       EmI (022000@1)was a teenage anarchist
But then the scene got too rigid
        GIt (320003@1)was mob mentality
They set their rifle sights on me
        CNarrow (x32010@1)visions of autonomy
You want me to surrender my identity
        DI (xx0232@1)was a teenage anarchist
      [stop]
The revolution was a lie

Pre Chorus riff:
G F#

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

GI (320003@1)was a teenage anarchist (4x)