20th Century Man

A A A(move A shape from down a fret back) A D D A E E 
 
A (riff 2x) A D G D G D A (riff 2x) 
 
A E 
This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare 
A 
A wonderful world of technology 
D G D A (riff) 
Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare 
A E 
This is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation 
A 
It‘s the age of insanity 
D G D A (riff) 
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem? 
A G G A G G 
Ain‘t got no ambition, I‘m just disillusioned 
D (no chord) A(riff) 
I‘m a twentieth century man but I don‘t want, don‘t wanna be here 
 
A D G D G D A (riff) 
 
A G G# A 
My momma says she can‘t understand me 
E 
Can‘t see me motivation 
A 
Just give me some security 
D G D A (riff) 
I‘m a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century 
A G G# A 
You keep all your smart modern writers 
E 
Give me William Shakesphere 
A 
You keep all your smart modern painters 
D G D A (riff) 
I‘ll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough 
 
A G G# A G 
Girl, we gotta get out of here, we gotta find a solution 
D (no chord) A(riff) 
I‘m a twentieth century man but I don‘t want, don‘t wanna die here 
A G G# A G 
Well, we gotta get outta here, we‘ve gotta find a solution 
D (no chord) A 
I‘m a twentieth century man but I don‘t want, don‘t wanna be here 
 
BRIDGE: 
Em A5 Em G G/F# Em 
I was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy 
D Am C C/B A5 
Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in grey 
A5 Am A5 G G/F# Em 
Got no privacy, got no liberty 
D A5 C C/B A (riff) 
Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me 
 
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES 
 
 
A (no chord) G D A 
Don‘t wanna get myself shot down 
(no chord) G D A 
By some trigger happy policeman 
(no chord) G D 
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity 
D F C G A 
I‘m a twentieth century man but I don‘t wanna die here 
 
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES 
 
(no chord) G D A 
My mama says she can‘t understand me 
(no chord) G D A 
Can‘t see my motivation 
(no chord) G D 
Ain‘t got no security 
D F C G A 
I‘m 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 G D A 
This is the twentieth century 
G D A 
Too much aggrevation 
G D 
This is the age of insanity 
D F C G A 
I‘m a twentieth century man but I don‘t wanna be here 
 
 
RIFF: 
‘A‘ chord 
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RIFF #2: 
A G G/F# Em 
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