Key: D major
Intro 1
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F
G
C
Am
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C
G
Am
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G
C
Wasted youth!
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F
G
C
Wasted youth!
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G
C
Am
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C
G
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C
Am
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F
Verse 1
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F
G
C
I know that I will never be politically correct
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
And I don't give a damn
G
C
about my lack of ettiquette
Am
F
G
C
Am
F
As far as I'm concerned
G
C
the world could still be flat
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
And if the thrill is gone
G
C
then it's time to take it back
Am
F
G
If the thrill is gone then it's time to take it
F
F
back
Verse 2
Am
F
G
C
Who am I? Why am I here?
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F
C
G
Am
F
Forget the questions
G
C
someone get me another beer
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G
C
Am
F
What's the meaning of life?
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C
What's the meaning of it all?
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C
G
Am
F
You gotta learn to dance
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C
Before you learn to crawl
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F
G
You gotta learn to dance before you learn to
F
C
crawl
Pre-chorus 1
F
G
Am
So sign up, all you raw recruits
C
G
Throw away those designer suits
Am
F
You got your weapons cocked,
G
your targets in your sights
F
There's a party raging,
G
Am
somewhere in the world
C
You gotta serve your country,
G
gotta service your girl
Am
F
You're all enlisted in the armies
G
of the night
Pre-chorus 2
Am
F
G
And I ain't in it for the power
Am
F
G
And I ain't in it for my health
Am
Em
Am
I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
Bb
G
And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
Am
F
But I'm in it til' it's over
G
C
Am
And I just can't stop If you want to get it done,
Em
G
you gotta do it yourself
F
C
And I like my music
Dm
C
G
like I like my life
Chorus 1
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
Everything louder than
F
G
everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
Everything louder than
F
G
everything else
Interlude 1
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Am
Am
Am
Am
Dm
E
F
G
Wasted youth! Wasted youth!
Am
Dm
E
F
Wasted youth! Wasted youth!
G
They got a
Bridge 1
Am
file on me that's a mile long
Dm
And they say that they've got all of the proof
E
That I'm just another case
of arrested development
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G
I'm just another wasted youth
Am
They say that I'm in need
of some radical discipline
Dm
They say I gotta face the truth
E
That I'm just another case
of arrested development
F
G
I'm just another wasted youth
Bridge 2
F
C
They say I'm wild and I'm reckless
F
C
I should be acting my age
Am
I'm an impressionable child
Em
in a tumultuous world
Bb
G
And they say I'm at a difficult stage
C
F
But it seems to me to the contrary
C
Of all the crap they're gonna put
G
on the page
Bridge 3
Am
F
G
C
That a wasted youth is better by far
F
G
Am
G
Then a wise and productive old age
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F
G
C
A wasted youth is better by far
F
G
C
Then a wise and productive old age
Am
F
G
C
A wasted youth is better by far
F
G
Am
G
Then a wise and productive old age
Am
F
G
C
A wasted youth is better by far
F
G
C
Then a wise and productive old age
Am
F
G
C
A wasted youth is better by far
F
G
Am
G
Then a wise and productive old age
Am
F
G
C
A wasted youth is better by far
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G
F
Then a wise and productive old age
G
(Louder, louder, louder, louder,
louder, louder, louder, louder,
G
louder)
Verse 3
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F
If you want my views of history
G
C
Then there's something you should know
Am
F
The three men I admire most
G
C
are Curly, Larry, Moe
Am
F
Don't worry about the future
G
C
Sooner or later it's the past
Am
F
If they say the thrill is gone
G
C
then it's time to take it back
Am
F
If the thrill is gone
G
C
then it's time to take it back
Pre-chorus 3
F
G
Am
So sign up, all you raw recruits
C
G
Throw away those two bit suits
Am
F
You got your weapons cocked,
G
your targets in your sights
F
There's a party raging,
G
Am
somewhere in the world
C
You gotta serve your country,
G
gotta service your girl
Am
F
You're all inducted in the army
G
of the night
Pre-chorus 4
Am
F
G
And I ain't in it for the power
Am
F
G
And I ain't in it for my health
Am
Em
Am
I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
Bb
G
And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
Am
F
But I'm in it til' it's over
G
C
Am
And I just can't stop If you want to get it done,
Em
G
you gotta fight for yourself
F
C
And I like my music
Dm
C
G
like I like my life
Chorus 2
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
Everything louder than
F
G
everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
Everything louder than
F
G
everything else
Chorus 3
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
Everything louder than
F
G
everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
F
Everything louder than everything else
C
Everything louder than
F
G
everything else
[Repeat and fade]
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