The generation gap chords by Carl Carlton

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Verse 1
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Asus4 
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Asus4 
 (D major)  (Asus4)  (G major)  (D major) Older gen (Asus4) eration,
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yeah  (D major) 
Asus4 
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Younger gen (Asus4) eration  (D major) 
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Older people say that the young  (E minor) 
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Will come to no good  (G major)  (D major) 
Just because they're fighting,
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fighting so hard  (E minor) 
Trying, trying to be understood
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 (B minor) And I say
This is our generation
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 (E minor) No, no, no
We gotta have communication
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 (B minor) For me, me, yeah
It's just clinical operation
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 (E minor) And I have
Oh, yeah
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 (A major) And I say
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Oh, it's commu (D major) nication
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Is it  (E minor) what we need?
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It's the gen (D major) eration, yeah
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Oh  (E minor) yeah, generation
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Ooh- ooh, oo (C major) h- ooh  (A major)  (D major) 
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We got our  (A major) own
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Our own lives to  (D major) live  (E minor) 
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We gotta do the best we can (G major) 
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 (D major) But maybe someday
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By and by and by  (E minor) 
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Our mothers and fathers  (B minor) 
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This is our generation,  (E minor) hey, we gotta have communication,
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Em 
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 (B minor) oh, it's just a little cooper (E minor) ation  (A major) 
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 (D major) Communication, I said  (E minor) it's what we need,
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Em 
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it's a gen (D major) eration,  (E minor) yeah,  (D major) oh
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Oh,  (E minor)  (G major) why,
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why  (F sharp minor) won't they listen to us?  (E minor) 
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Why won't they open  (D major) their
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ears and hear us?  (G major) 
Why must we protest,
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 (F sharp minor) protest so loud  (E minor) 
Asus4 
To make our problems clear?  (Asus4) 
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Asus4 
Why don't you  (A major) an swer (Asus4) ?
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Asus4 
I  (A major)  (Asus4) wanna    know
Why do I ever
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 (A major) Answer I cry
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Em 
This  (D major) generation  (E minor) 
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Oh, this gen (D major) eration is what  (E minor) we  need,
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Em 
we need commu (D major) nication, we need com (E minor) munication, the
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Em 
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Whole wide  (D major) world, oh yeah,  (E minor) hey, we gotta  (D major) get together,
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we gotta get together, have a little  (E minor) 
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I said we gotta get a little,  (D major) 
communication, oh, oh