20th century man by Kinks - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

	A	E
T	his is the age of machinery, a mechanical night	mare

	A
A	wonderful world of technology

D G D A (riff)

Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare

	A	E
T	his is the twentieth century, too much aggrev	ation

	A
It	's the age of insanity

D G D A (riff)

What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?

	A	G	G	A	G	G
A	in't got no ambit	io	n,	I'm just disillusion	ed

D (no chord) A(riff)

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here

A D G D G D A (riff)

	A	G	G#	A
	My momma says she can't underst	and	me

	E
Can't see me motiv	ation

	A
J	ust give me some security

D G D A (riff)

I'm a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century

	A	G	G#	A
Y	ou keep all your smart modern wri	te	rs

	E
Give me William Sha	kesphere

	A
Y	ou keep all your smart modern painters

D G D A (riff)

I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough

	A	G	G#	A	G
G	irl, we gotta get out of h	er	e,	we gotta find a solution

D (no chord) A(riff)

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here

	A	G	G#	A	G
W	ell, we gotta get outta h	er	e,	we've gotta find a solution

D (no chord) A

I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here

BRIDGE:

	Em	A5	Em	G	G/F#	Em
I was bo	rn in a welfare st	ate, rul	ed by bureaucra	cy

	D	Am	C	C/B	A5
Cont	rolled by civil serv	ants and peo	ple dre	ssed in gr	ey

	A5	Am	A5	G	G/F#	Em
G	ot no priva	cy,	got no liber	ty

D A5 C C/B A (riff)

Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me

RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES

A (no chord) G D A

Don't wanna get myself shot down

(no chord) G D A

By some trigger happy policeman

(no chord) G D

Gotta keep a hold of my sanity

	D	F	C	G	A
I'm a twe	ntieth ce	ntury m	an but I do	n't wanna d	ie here

RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES

(no chord) G D A

My mama says she can't understand me

(no chord) G D A

Can't see my motivation

(no chord) G D

Ain't got no security

	D	F	C	G	A
I'm a twen	tieth cen	tury m	an but I do	n't wanna di	e here

RIFF #2 (repeat ...)

I don't want twentieth century man, I don't want twentieth century man

	A	G	D	A
	This is the twentieth centur	y

	G	D	A
Too much aggrevation

	G	D
This is the age of insanit	y

	D	F	C	G	A
I'm a twen	tieth cen	tury m	an but I d	on't wanna b	e here

RIFF:

'A' chord

----------------------------
-------------------3-3-3-2--
-------------------2-2-2-2--   repeat
-------------------4-4-4-2--
----0-5p0-5p0---0-----------
--------------0-------------

RIFF #2:

G/F#

------------------------------------
----3-3-2---------0------0----------
----2-2-2---------0------0----------
----4-4-2---0---0------0------0-----
--0-------0-------------------------
--------------3------2------0-------

NOTE: Pick notes on the bridge, strum all other times. The riffs are

approximate, to give the general idea. The bridge has been altered a bit

to make it sound better for guitar. This is the way the song goes in my

mind.

(from Muswell Hilbillies, 1971)

(sent by Harlan at harlat@hawaii.edu)

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20th century man

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