Chords for Teenagers

_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ If everything has two sides, [C#m] I guess there is a downside [A] to only seeing the bright [E] side
of life.
_ _ _ Cause if you are not grounded, [C#m] or you're hidden
in the clouds, then [B] you lose sight of what's real and what's [E] right. _ _
_ So we need some [C#] kind of equalizing [E] force to _ [G#m] take us [C#m] down, but we get on [A] our high. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ So we have _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ teenagers, _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] teenagers.
_ _ [E] They'll expose you as a fool, like [B] it's their mission to. _ _
_ Oh, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] teenagers, _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [B] _ teenagers.
[A] _ _ _
I [E] know it feels personal, _ _
[B] _ _ _ that's [E] because _ it is. _ _ _ _ _ _
Who else could protect [C#] us from having fun in public, [A] wearing things that [B] might be [E] out of style?
_ _ And who else could remind us [C#] our best years are behind us, [A] not getting any younger, [E] we're dying. _
_ _ [G#m] When they're not even [C#] there just [E] trying to help.
_ _ _ [B] Sometimes it's [C#m] hard to beat yourself [E] up by _ yourself.
_ _ So we have _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ teenagers, _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] teenagers. _
_ [E] When we want them gone they're here, [B] when we don't they disappear.
_ [A] _ [E] _ _
[B] Oh, [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ teenagers, _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] teenagers.
_ _ You [E] might think they're being _ [B] selfish, _ _ well [E] sometimes _ they are. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Of course the ones I have [B] are the exceptions to the rule.
[E] They're perfect little angels [A] all the time, they are asleep.
[C#m] And I guess that as their father [G#m] the best that I can do is [E] help my babies become good adults, not perfect in between. _
_ _ _ _ _ They say these years will fly by, [C#m] so we should savor this time.
[F#] There's so much [B] to savor [E] these days.
Oh, _ you know if they're gone, little [C#m] kids of their [F#] own, [G#m] grateful for the way they [E] were raised. _ _
[B] So if we can keep [C#] from killing them till then, [B] _
_ _ [G#m] _ maybe one [C#] day we will [A] have [E] sweet _ _ revenge. _
When they have _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ teenagers, _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] teenagers.
_ _ _ You know they [E] say what goes around [G#m] comes back to your kids [A] when they have [E] their own. _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
Teenagers, teenagers.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _