Chords for Green on Red-Brave Generation
Tempo:
117.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am]
[G]
[D] [C] [G]
Let me try [Am] to explain my generation in a [C] way that [G]
Fitzgerald did.
We don't pretend to know everything [D] or speak out [C] loud like our [G] parents did.
The parks are [Am] full of winos [D] and others [C]
we [G] forgot.
Like the man [Am] that drools all day and sits [C] on the city [G] block.
[D] [C]
We're not [G] beat, [D] [C] we're not [G] hip.
[D] We're [C] the brave [G] generation that [Em] were dead.
[Am] [D] [C]
[G]
[Am] [D] [C]
[G] We never went [Am] to Vietnam but [D] we've seen [C] the odds [G] that did.
[Am] Caucuses line the streets in [D] our homeland.
[C]
[G] What a quiz for the fourth [Am] grade pupils that are being [D] told
[C] you're not as [G] smart as you once were.
And all we [Am] know is what you should [D] be.
[C] Come on, be so [G] pure.
[D]
[C] We're not [G] beat, [C]
we're [G] not hip.
We're the brave generation.
[Em] What a trip.
[G]
[Am] [D] [C]
[G]
[Am] [D] [C]
Yeah, I was really in [Am] love with William Faulkner.
[D] [C] My mother [G] was a fish but I never got [Am] across that river.
[D] It was [C] just too [G] long a trip but I understand [Am] I'm just a man
[D] and [C] a voice [G] inside of me.
I don't got no [Am] debts or the people.
[D] [C] Won't out [G] of me.
[D]
I'm not beat, [D] [C]
I'm [G] not hip.
I'm [C] the brave [G] generation.
[Em] I'm not scared.
[Am] [D] [C]
[G]
[Am] [C] [G]
About 1968, [C] I was a little [G]
boy.
Listened [Em] to the radio.
[D] [C] Hey, it wasn't such [G] a joy.
If the Russians moved next door.
[D] Do [C] you think life [G] would change?
Or the barbecue go right ahead.
[E] Pass [C] the foreign [Em]
exchange.
[G] [C]
[N]
[G]
[D] [C] [G]
Let me try [Am] to explain my generation in a [C] way that [G]
Fitzgerald did.
We don't pretend to know everything [D] or speak out [C] loud like our [G] parents did.
The parks are [Am] full of winos [D] and others [C]
we [G] forgot.
Like the man [Am] that drools all day and sits [C] on the city [G] block.
[D] [C]
We're not [G] beat, [D] [C] we're not [G] hip.
[D] We're [C] the brave [G] generation that [Em] were dead.
[Am] [D] [C]
[G]
[Am] [D] [C]
[G] We never went [Am] to Vietnam but [D] we've seen [C] the odds [G] that did.
[Am] Caucuses line the streets in [D] our homeland.
[C]
[G] What a quiz for the fourth [Am] grade pupils that are being [D] told
[C] you're not as [G] smart as you once were.
And all we [Am] know is what you should [D] be.
[C] Come on, be so [G] pure.
[D]
[C] We're not [G] beat, [C]
we're [G] not hip.
We're the brave generation.
[Em] What a trip.
[G]
[Am] [D] [C]
[G]
[Am] [D] [C]
Yeah, I was really in [Am] love with William Faulkner.
[D] [C] My mother [G] was a fish but I never got [Am] across that river.
[D] It was [C] just too [G] long a trip but I understand [Am] I'm just a man
[D] and [C] a voice [G] inside of me.
I don't got no [Am] debts or the people.
[D] [C] Won't out [G] of me.
[D]
I'm not beat, [D] [C]
I'm [G] not hip.
I'm [C] the brave [G] generation.
[Em] I'm not scared.
[Am] [D] [C]
[G]
[Am] [C] [G]
About 1968, [C] I was a little [G]
boy.
Listened [Em] to the radio.
[D] [C] Hey, it wasn't such [G] a joy.
If the Russians moved next door.
[D] Do [C] you think life [G] would change?
Or the barbecue go right ahead.
[E] Pass [C] the foreign [Em]
exchange.
[G] [C]
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
Am
Em
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Let me try [Am] to explain my generation in a [C] way that [G]
Fitzgerald did.
_ _ We don't pretend to know everything [D] or speak out [C] loud like our [G] parents did.
_ _ _ The parks are [Am] full of winos [D] and others [C]
we [G] forgot.
_ _ _ Like the man [Am] that drools all day and sits [C] on the city [G] block.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C]
We're not [G] beat, _ _ _ [D] _ [C] we're not [G] hip.
_ _ _ [D] We're [C] the brave [G] generation that [Em] were dead. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ We never went [Am] to Vietnam but [D] we've seen [C] the odds [G] that did. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Caucuses line the streets in [D] our homeland.
[C] _
[G] What a quiz _ for the fourth [Am] grade pupils that are being [D] told
[C] you're not as [G] smart as you once were.
_ _ And all we [Am] know is what you should [D] be.
[C] Come on, be so [G] pure.
_ _ [D] _
[C] We're not [G] beat, _ _ _ [C]
we're [G] not hip.
_ _ We're the brave generation.
_ [Em] What a trip.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, I was really in [Am] love with William Faulkner.
[D] _ [C] My mother [G] was a fish but I never got [Am] across that river.
[D] It was [C] just too [G] long a trip _ _ but I understand [Am] I'm just a man
[D] and [C] a voice [G] inside of me.
_ I don't got no [Am] debts or the people.
[D] _ [C] Won't out [G] of me.
_ _ _ [D] _
I'm not beat, _ _ [D] _ _ [C]
I'm [G] not hip.
_ _ I'm [C] the brave _ [G] generation.
[Em] I'm not scared. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ About 1968, _ _ [C] I was a little [G]
boy.
_ _ _ Listened [Em] to the radio.
_ [D] _ [C] Hey, it wasn't such [G] a joy.
If _ the Russians moved next door.
[D] Do [C] you think life [G] would change?
_ Or the barbecue go right ahead.
_ [E] Pass [C] the foreign [Em]
exchange.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Let me try [Am] to explain my generation in a [C] way that [G]
Fitzgerald did.
_ _ We don't pretend to know everything [D] or speak out [C] loud like our [G] parents did.
_ _ _ The parks are [Am] full of winos [D] and others [C]
we [G] forgot.
_ _ _ Like the man [Am] that drools all day and sits [C] on the city [G] block.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [C]
We're not [G] beat, _ _ _ [D] _ [C] we're not [G] hip.
_ _ _ [D] We're [C] the brave [G] generation that [Em] were dead. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ We never went [Am] to Vietnam but [D] we've seen [C] the odds [G] that did. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] Caucuses line the streets in [D] our homeland.
[C] _
[G] What a quiz _ for the fourth [Am] grade pupils that are being [D] told
[C] you're not as [G] smart as you once were.
_ _ And all we [Am] know is what you should [D] be.
[C] Come on, be so [G] pure.
_ _ [D] _
[C] We're not [G] beat, _ _ _ [C]
we're [G] not hip.
_ _ We're the brave generation.
_ [Em] What a trip.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah, I was really in [Am] love with William Faulkner.
[D] _ [C] My mother [G] was a fish but I never got [Am] across that river.
[D] It was [C] just too [G] long a trip _ _ but I understand [Am] I'm just a man
[D] and [C] a voice [G] inside of me.
_ I don't got no [Am] debts or the people.
[D] _ [C] Won't out [G] of me.
_ _ _ [D] _
I'm not beat, _ _ [D] _ _ [C]
I'm [G] not hip.
_ _ I'm [C] the brave _ [G] generation.
[Em] I'm not scared. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ About 1968, _ _ [C] I was a little [G]
boy.
_ _ _ Listened [Em] to the radio.
_ [D] _ [C] Hey, it wasn't such [G] a joy.
If _ the Russians moved next door.
[D] Do [C] you think life [G] would change?
_ Or the barbecue go right ahead.
_ [E] Pass [C] the foreign [Em]
exchange.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _