Inaugural Blues chords by Loudon Wainwright III

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Talkin'
D 
'bout my generation
E 
Am 
People try to put us down
D 
But they weren't people, just our parents
E 
Am 
Now they're old or not around

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Verse 2

Bill and Hill are our first couple

Student prez,

homecoming queen

Tipper's cute, Albert's handsome

The in- crowd is the winning team

Interlude 1

Verse 3

The baby boomers are the bosses

Rock and roll is here to stay

Fleetwood Mac got back together

In separate limos on reunion day

Verse 4

We got Elvis and the Beatles

Protested war, now we've won

Bill's gone gray, Al's slightly balding

But we are forever young

Interlude 2

Verse 5

It?s not quite a coronation

Feels more like a senior prom

In D.C., bells ring, there are fireworks

On TV, we see Baghdad bombed

Verse 6
C 
G 
Points of light and talk of angels
C 
G 
Am 
It?s rhetoric, it must be told
Dm 
I'm talking about my generation
E 
Am 
Hope we grow up before we're old
E 
Hope we grow up before we're old,
Am 
yeah