Chords for The The - The Beat(en) Generation (Official Video)
Tempo:
170.2 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Am
C
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] When you cast your eyes [F] upon the [G] skylines of this once proud nation,
Can you [C] sense the fear [F] and the hatred [G] growing in the hearts of its [C] population?
[F]
[G] [Em]
And our [C] youth, [F] oh youth, [C] [G] are being seduced [Am] by the greedy hands [F] of politics.
[G] The
[Am] beaten [F] generation, [Am] [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Read and [F]
adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[C] The beaten [F] generation, [Am] [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Open [F] your eyes, [G] open your [C] imagination.
[F]
[G]
[Ab] [C] We're being sedated [F] by the gasoline fumes [G] and hypnotized by [Em] the satellites [Am] into [F] believing what is [C] good [G] and what is right.
You [Am] may be worshipping the [C] tempers of men, [G] or lost in the prisons [F] of religion,
But [C] can you still walk back to happiness [G] when you've nowhere left to
[F] go?
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Read and [F] adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Open [F] your eyes, [G] open your [Am] imagination.
[F]
[G]
[F]
[G] [Ab] If [Am] they send in [Fm] the [Cm] special police,
They'll deliver us from liberty [D] and keep us [G] from peace.
[Am] They'll make the good sit ill [C] upon their tongues [G] when they tell us justice [F] is being done,
[Am] That freedom lives in the [C] barrels [Em] of a [G] war [F] gun.
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Read and [F] adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Open [F] your eyes, [G] open your imagination.
[Am] [F] [G]
[F]
[G]
[Abm] [Am]
[Abm] [Am]
[A]
Can you [C] sense the fear [F] and the hatred [G] growing in the hearts of its [C] population?
[F]
[G] [Em]
And our [C] youth, [F] oh youth, [C] [G] are being seduced [Am] by the greedy hands [F] of politics.
[G] The
[Am] beaten [F] generation, [Am] [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Read and [F]
adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[C] The beaten [F] generation, [Am] [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Open [F] your eyes, [G] open your [C] imagination.
[F]
[G]
[Ab] [C] We're being sedated [F] by the gasoline fumes [G] and hypnotized by [Em] the satellites [Am] into [F] believing what is [C] good [G] and what is right.
You [Am] may be worshipping the [C] tempers of men, [G] or lost in the prisons [F] of religion,
But [C] can you still walk back to happiness [G] when you've nowhere left to
[F] go?
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Read and [F] adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Open [F] your eyes, [G] open your [Am] imagination.
[F]
[G]
[F]
[G] [Ab] If [Am] they send in [Fm] the [Cm] special police,
They'll deliver us from liberty [D] and keep us [G] from peace.
[Am] They'll make the good sit ill [C] upon their tongues [G] when they tell us justice [F] is being done,
[Am] That freedom lives in the [C] barrels [Em] of a [G] war [F] gun.
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Read and [F] adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[Am] The beaten [F] generation, [G] the beaten generation,
[Am] Open [F] your eyes, [G] open your imagination.
[Am] [F] [G]
[F]
[G]
[Abm] [Am]
[Abm] [Am]
[A]
Key:
G
F
Am
C
Em
G
F
Am
[G] _ When you cast your eyes [F] upon the _ [G] skylines of this _ once proud nation,
Can you [C] sense the fear [F] and the hatred _ [G] _ growing in the hearts of its _ [C] population?
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
And our [C] youth, [F] oh youth, [C] [G] are being _ _ seduced [Am] by the greedy hands [F] of _ politics.
[G] _ The _ _ _
_ [Am] _ beaten _ _ [F] generation, [Am] _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] _ Read and [F] _
adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[C] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, [Am] _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] _ Open [F] your _ eyes, [G] open _ your _ _ [C] imagination.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] [C] We're being sedated [F] by the gasoline fumes [G] and _ hypnotized by [Em] the satellites [Am] into [F] believing what is [C] good [G] and what is right.
You [Am] may be worshipping the [C] tempers of men, _ [G] or lost in the prisons [F] of religion,
But [C] can you still walk back to happiness [G] when you've nowhere left to _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ go?
[Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation, _
[Am] Read and [F] _ adapt, [G] of prejudice and _ misinformation.
[Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation, _
[Am] Open _ [F] your _ eyes, [G] open _ your _ _ [Am] imagination.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] If [Am] they send in [Fm] the [Cm] special _ _ _ police, _ _ _
They'll deliver us from _ liberty [D] and keep us [G] from peace.
[Am] They'll make the good sit ill [C] upon their tongues [G] when they tell us justice [F] is being done,
[Am] That freedom lives in the [C] barrels [Em] of a [G] war _ _ _ [F] gun.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] Read and [F] adapt, _ [G] of prejudice and _ misinformation.
[Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] Open _ [F] your _ eyes, [G] open _ your imagination.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Can you [C] sense the fear [F] and the hatred _ [G] _ growing in the hearts of its _ [C] population?
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
And our [C] youth, [F] oh youth, [C] [G] are being _ _ seduced [Am] by the greedy hands [F] of _ politics.
[G] _ The _ _ _
_ [Am] _ beaten _ _ [F] generation, [Am] _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] _ Read and [F] _
adapt, [G] of prejudice and misinformation.
[C] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, [Am] _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] _ Open [F] your _ eyes, [G] open _ your _ _ [C] imagination.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] [C] We're being sedated [F] by the gasoline fumes [G] and _ hypnotized by [Em] the satellites [Am] into [F] believing what is [C] good [G] and what is right.
You [Am] may be worshipping the [C] tempers of men, _ [G] or lost in the prisons [F] of religion,
But [C] can you still walk back to happiness [G] when you've nowhere left to _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ go?
[Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation, _
[Am] Read and [F] _ adapt, [G] of prejudice and _ misinformation.
[Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation, _
[Am] Open _ [F] your _ eyes, [G] open _ your _ _ [Am] imagination.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] If [Am] they send in [Fm] the [Cm] special _ _ _ police, _ _ _
They'll deliver us from _ liberty [D] and keep us [G] from peace.
[Am] They'll make the good sit ill [C] upon their tongues [G] when they tell us justice [F] is being done,
[Am] That freedom lives in the [C] barrels [Em] of a [G] war _ _ _ [F] gun.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] Read and [F] adapt, _ [G] of prejudice and _ misinformation.
[Am] The beaten _ _ [F] generation, _ [G] the beaten _ _ _ generation,
_ [Am] Open _ [F] your _ eyes, [G] open _ your imagination.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _