Chords for Ray Davies 20th Century Man
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
D
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [E]
This is a song that might describe something [Ab] about me, my [Gb] background, where I'm from, etc.
It's from an album [Ab] called Muswell Hillbillies.
[Am] It's called
yeah, really.
It's called 20th Century Man.
[Dm] [A]
I was born in a welfare state
Ruled by [G] bureaucracy
[D]
Controlled by [A] civil servants
And [F] people [C] dressed [E] in [A]
grime
Got no privacy
[E] Got no [A]
[G] liberty
[Bm] Because [D] the 20th [A] century people
Took [F] it all away
[E]
from me
[A]
[Em] [G]
[A] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] This is the age of machinery
And mechanical [G] knapping
[A] The wonderful [Am] world of technology
[D] Made from hydrogen [G] bomb biological [Am] warfare
This [A] is the 20th [G] century
[A] With too much [Em] abolition
[A] It's the age of insanity
[D] What have become of [G] the green, pleasant fields of [Am] Jerusalem?
[A]
And got no ambition
Just a [Am] delusion
[D] I'm a 20th century man
But I don't want to let it feed
[Dm]
Yeah, I don't want [G] to be
[A]
[G]
[A] Yeah, we gotta get out of here
[G]
[A] Gotta find a solution
[D] 20th century man
But I don't want to
Yeah, I don't want to die [Am]
yet
[A]
[D]
[G] [A]
[D]
My [A]
old mama says she can't understand me
She can't see my [Em] motivation
[A] Just give me some security
I'm a [D] paranoid skin [G]-sucking prodigal
[D] This way, [A] this is natural
You keep all of your smart mom and rapists
You can be William [Em] Shakespeare any old time
[A]
You keep all of your smart mom and teachers
[D] I'll take Ralph [G] Branson's division
[D] [A] Thomas Kage's variety
Yeah, we gotta get out of here
Gotta find a solution
[D] 20th century man
But I don't want to
Don't want to
[Dm]
[D] Yeah, I don't [G] want to be [A] there
Yeah, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
[D] 20th century man
But I don't want to
Don't want to
[A]
Yeah, I [G] don't want to [A] die yet
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th [Am] century
[A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century
Don't [G] [A]
[D]
[A]
[G] [C] want a [A] 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century
[Em] [A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't [C] want to get myself shot
[A] Some trigger happy, please [G] no
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
[D]
20th century man
But I don't want to
[G] Don't want to
Don't want to
[D]
Yeah, I don't want to be [A]
there
[G] [A] Don't want a 20th century [Am] man
Don't want a 20th century
[A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century man
[D]
[A] [G]
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [A] This is the 20th [G] century
Too much apparition
This is the edge [D] of [A] insanity
[D] 20th century man
I'm a 20th century man
And this is the punchline
[G] But I don't want to [A] die yet
[C] [G] [D]
This is a song that might describe something [Ab] about me, my [Gb] background, where I'm from, etc.
It's from an album [Ab] called Muswell Hillbillies.
[Am] It's called
yeah, really.
It's called 20th Century Man.
[Dm] [A]
I was born in a welfare state
Ruled by [G] bureaucracy
[D]
Controlled by [A] civil servants
And [F] people [C] dressed [E] in [A]
grime
Got no privacy
[E] Got no [A]
[G] liberty
[Bm] Because [D] the 20th [A] century people
Took [F] it all away
[E]
from me
[A]
[Em] [G]
[A] [E]
[D] [A]
[E] [A] This is the age of machinery
And mechanical [G] knapping
[A] The wonderful [Am] world of technology
[D] Made from hydrogen [G] bomb biological [Am] warfare
This [A] is the 20th [G] century
[A] With too much [Em] abolition
[A] It's the age of insanity
[D] What have become of [G] the green, pleasant fields of [Am] Jerusalem?
[A]
And got no ambition
Just a [Am] delusion
[D] I'm a 20th century man
But I don't want to let it feed
[Dm]
Yeah, I don't want [G] to be
[A]
[G]
[A] Yeah, we gotta get out of here
[G]
[A] Gotta find a solution
[D] 20th century man
But I don't want to
Yeah, I don't want to die [Am]
yet
[A]
[D]
[G] [A]
[D]
My [A]
old mama says she can't understand me
She can't see my [Em] motivation
[A] Just give me some security
I'm a [D] paranoid skin [G]-sucking prodigal
[D] This way, [A] this is natural
You keep all of your smart mom and rapists
You can be William [Em] Shakespeare any old time
[A]
You keep all of your smart mom and teachers
[D] I'll take Ralph [G] Branson's division
[D] [A] Thomas Kage's variety
Yeah, we gotta get out of here
Gotta find a solution
[D] 20th century man
But I don't want to
Don't want to
[Dm]
[D] Yeah, I don't [G] want to be [A] there
Yeah, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution
[D] 20th century man
But I don't want to
Don't want to
[A]
Yeah, I [G] don't want to [A] die yet
[G] [A]
[G] [A]
[G] [A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th [Am] century
[A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century
Don't [G] [A]
[D]
[A]
[G] [C] want a [A] 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century
[Em] [A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't [C] want to get myself shot
[A] Some trigger happy, please [G] no
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
[D]
20th century man
But I don't want to
[G] Don't want to
Don't want to
[D]
Yeah, I don't want to be [A]
there
[G] [A] Don't want a 20th century [Am] man
Don't want a 20th century
[A] Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century man
[D]
[A] [G]
[A] [G] [A]
[G] [A] This is the 20th [G] century
Too much apparition
This is the edge [D] of [A] insanity
[D] 20th century man
I'm a 20th century man
And this is the punchline
[G] But I don't want to [A] die yet
[C] [G] [D]
Key:
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Am
E
A
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D
[N] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
This is a song that might describe something [Ab] about me, my [Gb] background, where I'm from, etc.
It's from an album [Ab] called Muswell Hillbillies.
[Am] It's called_
yeah, really.
_ It's called 20th Century Man.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I was born in a welfare _ state
_ _ Ruled by [G] bureaucracy
_ _ _ _ [D]
Controlled by [A] civil _ servants _
And [F] people _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] dressed _ [E] in _ [A] _ _
grime _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Got no _ privacy _
_ _ _ [E] Got no [A] _
[G] liberty
_ _ [Bm] _ Because [D] the 20th [A] century people _ _
Took [F] it all _ away _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
from _ _ me
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] This is the age of machinery
_ And mechanical [G] knapping
_ [A] The wonderful [Am] world of _ _ technology
[D] Made from hydrogen [G] bomb biological [Am] warfare _
_ _ _ _ _ This [A] is the 20th [G] century
[A] With too much [Em] abolition
_ _ _ [A] It's the age of _ insanity
[D] What have become of [G] the green, pleasant fields of [Am] Jerusalem?
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ And got no ambition
_ _ _ Just a [Am] delusion
_ [D] I'm a 20th century man
But I don't want to let it feed
[Dm] _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I don't want [G] to be
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] Yeah, we gotta get out of here
[G] _
[A] _ Gotta find a solution _ _
[D] _ 20th century man
But I don't _ want to
_ Yeah, _ _ I don't want to die [Am] _
yet
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ My _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ old mama says she can't understand me
She can't see my [Em] motivation
_ _ [A] Just give me some security
I'm a [D] paranoid skin [G]-sucking prodigal
[D] This way, [A] this is natural _ _ _ _ _
You keep all of your smart mom and rapists
You can be William [Em] Shakespeare any old time
[A]
You keep all of your smart mom and teachers
[D] I'll take Ralph [G] Branson's division
[D] _ _ [A] Thomas Kage's variety
_ _ Yeah, we gotta get out of here
_ _ Gotta find a solution
_ _ [D] _ 20th century man
But I don't want to _
Don't want _ to _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Yeah, I don't [G] want to be [A] there _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution _ _ _
[D] _ 20th century man
But I don't want _ to
Don't want to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, I [G] don't want to [A] die _ yet _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ Don't want a 20th century man
_ Don't want a 20th [Am] century
_ [A] _ Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century _
_ Don't [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] want a [A] 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century
[Em] _ _ [A] Don't want a 20th century man _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Don't [C] want to get myself shot
[A] _ Some trigger happy, please [G] no _
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
[D] _
20th century man
But I don't want to
[G] _ Don't want to
Don't want to _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, I don't want to be [A] _
there _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] Don't want a 20th century [Am] man
_ Don't want a 20th century
_ [A] _ Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century man
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] This is the 20th [G] century
_ _ Too much apparition
_ This is the edge [D] of [A] insanity
_ [D] _ 20th century man
_ I'm a 20th century _ man _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And this is the punchline
_ _ [G] But I don't want to [A] die yet
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is a song that might describe something [Ab] about me, my [Gb] background, where I'm from, etc.
It's from an album [Ab] called Muswell Hillbillies.
[Am] It's called_
yeah, really.
_ It's called 20th Century Man.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I was born in a welfare _ state
_ _ Ruled by [G] bureaucracy
_ _ _ _ [D]
Controlled by [A] civil _ servants _
And [F] people _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] dressed _ [E] in _ [A] _ _
grime _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Got no _ privacy _
_ _ _ [E] Got no [A] _
[G] liberty
_ _ [Bm] _ Because [D] the 20th [A] century people _ _
Took [F] it all _ away _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
from _ _ me
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] This is the age of machinery
_ And mechanical [G] knapping
_ [A] The wonderful [Am] world of _ _ technology
[D] Made from hydrogen [G] bomb biological [Am] warfare _
_ _ _ _ _ This [A] is the 20th [G] century
[A] With too much [Em] abolition
_ _ _ [A] It's the age of _ insanity
[D] What have become of [G] the green, pleasant fields of [Am] Jerusalem?
_ [A] _
_ _ _ _ And got no ambition
_ _ _ Just a [Am] delusion
_ [D] I'm a 20th century man
But I don't want to let it feed
[Dm] _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I don't want [G] to be
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] Yeah, we gotta get out of here
[G] _
[A] _ Gotta find a solution _ _
[D] _ 20th century man
But I don't _ want to
_ Yeah, _ _ I don't want to die [Am] _
yet
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ My _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ old mama says she can't understand me
She can't see my [Em] motivation
_ _ [A] Just give me some security
I'm a [D] paranoid skin [G]-sucking prodigal
[D] This way, [A] this is natural _ _ _ _ _
You keep all of your smart mom and rapists
You can be William [Em] Shakespeare any old time
[A]
You keep all of your smart mom and teachers
[D] I'll take Ralph [G] Branson's division
[D] _ _ [A] Thomas Kage's variety
_ _ Yeah, we gotta get out of here
_ _ Gotta find a solution
_ _ [D] _ 20th century man
But I don't want to _
Don't want _ to _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ Yeah, I don't [G] want to be [A] there _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, we gotta get out of here
We gotta find a solution _ _ _
[D] _ 20th century man
But I don't want _ to
Don't want to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, I [G] don't want to [A] die _ yet _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ Don't want a 20th century man
_ Don't want a 20th [Am] century
_ [A] _ Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century _
_ Don't [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] want a [A] 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century
[Em] _ _ [A] Don't want a 20th century man _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Don't [C] want to get myself shot
[A] _ Some trigger happy, please [G] no _
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
[D] _
20th century man
But I don't want to
[G] _ Don't want to
Don't want to _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, I don't want to be [A] _
there _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] Don't want a 20th century [Am] man
_ Don't want a 20th century
_ [A] _ Don't want a 20th century man
Don't want a 20th century man
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] This is the 20th [G] century
_ _ Too much apparition
_ This is the edge [D] of [A] insanity
_ [D] _ 20th century man
_ I'm a 20th century _ man _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And this is the punchline
_ _ [G] But I don't want to [A] die yet
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _