The chords  C5  D5  B5  E5  C5  A5 D5 are repeated through the whole song 
 
Oh, I learned a lesson 
From the Twentieth Century 
That I don't think we can just dismiss 
After one hundred years 
Of inhumanity 
The lesson that I learned was this: 
 
Sometimes the solution 
Is worse than the problem 
Let's stay together 
 
Well I bought a ticket 
To the revolution 
And I cheered when the statues fell 
Everyone came 
To destroy what was rotten 
But they killed off what was good as well 
 
Sometimes the solution 
Is worse than the problem 
Let's stay together 
 
B5            A5 
Stay  with  me 
         B5      A5 
This  cent- ur- y 
A5                     B5     E5  G5 
Together we're better 
 
Oh, I learned a lesson 
From the Twentieth Century 
It may seem somewhat hit or miss 
If you've certainty 
'bout the way it's all meant to be 
The lesson that you need is this: 
 
Sometimes the solution 
Is worse than the problem 
Let's stay together