Chords for The Kinks - 20th Century Man
Tempo:
144.85 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ This is a picture of _ machinery, _ _ mechanical [E] nightmare.
_ [A] The work of the world's top _ technology, [D] _ _
napalm hydrogen from [A] biological warfare.
_ _ _ _ _ _ This is _ 20th century, _ but too much [E] _ exposition.
_ _ [A] _
It's the age of _ insanity, [D] what could become [G] of the green belt, [A] fields of wisdom.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ain't got no ambition, [G] _ _ [A] _
I'm just _ _ [G] _ disillusioned.
I'm [D]
requesting them to remember, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
my mama said she can't understand me.
She can't see [E] my motivation, _ [A] _
just give me some _ security.
[D] I'm a paranoid, [G] scared, side-by-side [A] with plans, yeah.
_ _ _ You _ _ _ _ keep all your smart [G] modern [Eb] [A] writers, hit me with [E] a jigger.
[Em] _ _ [A]
You keep all your smart modern [D] fingers, I'll take them, [G] _ vanishing, [D] _ [A]
inventing games.
Bro, _ _ _ _ _ we gotta get out of here, [G] _ _
[A] we gotta find a solution.
[Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] I'm a 20th century man, but I don't want _ _ to be [A] him.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was born in a welfare _ _ state, ruled by [G] bureaucracy.
_ _ _ [D]
Controlled by civil [E] _ servants, [F] and [C] people [D] dressed [E] in _ [A] grey.
Got no _ privacy, _ _ got no [G] liberty. _
Cause [D] the 20th century [A] _ people, [F] took it all [C] [D] away [A] from _ _ _ me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _
Don't _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
wanna get myself [G] shot, [D] _ [A] _
or some trigger-happening [G] smell.
[D] [A] Gotta keep [G] a hold of my sanity, [D] cause the [F] 20th century [C] man, [G] I don't [A] wanna die. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Mama [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] said she can't [D] understand [A]
me, [G] can't see my motivation.
_ [D] _ [A] _
Ain't [G] got no security, [D] cause the _ [F] 20th [C] century man, I [G] don't [A] wanna _ die. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
I'm _ _ [G] _ [Gbm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] a [G] 20th [D] century man, [A]
I don't want [G] 20th century [D] _ [A] power.
I don't [G] want it, [D] I don't want it.
[A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Cause [A] _ _
_ the [G] 20th century, _ [D] _ [A] _
[D] too much _ [G] aggravation.
[D] _ [A] _
_ Can't stop the [G] insanity, [D] cause the _ [F] 20th century [C] man, I [G] don't [A] wanna be him. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ This is a picture of _ machinery, _ _ mechanical [E] nightmare.
_ [A] The work of the world's top _ technology, [D] _ _
napalm hydrogen from [A] biological warfare.
_ _ _ _ _ _ This is _ 20th century, _ but too much [E] _ exposition.
_ _ [A] _
It's the age of _ insanity, [D] what could become [G] of the green belt, [A] fields of wisdom.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ain't got no ambition, [G] _ _ [A] _
I'm just _ _ [G] _ disillusioned.
I'm [D]
requesting them to remember, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
my mama said she can't understand me.
She can't see [E] my motivation, _ [A] _
just give me some _ security.
[D] I'm a paranoid, [G] scared, side-by-side [A] with plans, yeah.
_ _ _ You _ _ _ _ keep all your smart [G] modern [Eb] [A] writers, hit me with [E] a jigger.
[Em] _ _ [A]
You keep all your smart modern [D] fingers, I'll take them, [G] _ vanishing, [D] _ [A]
inventing games.
Bro, _ _ _ _ _ we gotta get out of here, [G] _ _
[A] we gotta find a solution.
[Em] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] I'm a 20th century man, but I don't want _ _ to be [A] him.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was born in a welfare _ _ state, ruled by [G] bureaucracy.
_ _ _ [D]
Controlled by civil [E] _ servants, [F] and [C] people [D] dressed [E] in _ [A] grey.
Got no _ privacy, _ _ got no [G] liberty. _
Cause [D] the 20th century [A] _ people, [F] took it all [C] [D] away [A] from _ _ _ me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _
Don't _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
wanna get myself [G] shot, [D] _ [A] _
or some trigger-happening [G] smell.
[D] [A] Gotta keep [G] a hold of my sanity, [D] cause the [F] 20th century [C] man, [G] I don't [A] wanna die. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Mama [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] said she can't [D] understand [A]
me, [G] can't see my motivation.
_ [D] _ [A] _
Ain't [G] got no security, [D] cause the _ [F] 20th [C] century man, I [G] don't [A] wanna _ die. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A]
I'm _ _ [G] _ [Gbm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] a [G] 20th [D] century man, [A]
I don't want [G] 20th century [D] _ [A] power.
I don't [G] want it, [D] I don't want it.
[A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Cause [A] _ _
_ the [G] 20th century, _ [D] _ [A] _
[D] too much _ [G] aggravation.
[D] _ [A] _
_ Can't stop the [G] insanity, [D] cause the _ [F] 20th century [C] man, I [G] don't [A] wanna be him. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _