tuning: standard, no capo
Chords used:
C, F, G, Am
Intro:
C (simply vary using the b string in C-formation and then on third thread, and the e-string)
Verse:
C
We were the Reagan kids
F G C
Our heroes didn't work like our daddies did
F G C
They dazzled us with TV through sleepy lids
G
We followed hulking maniacs to prozac nation
F (G)
"You can be anything, just get your education"
C
We were good Christian kids
F G C
We went to church on sunday mornings like mama did
F G C
Teenage love made us feel guilty and so we hid
G
Under those overpasses on summer nights
F
We'd tear each other's clothes off
(G)
And get into fights
Chorus:
Am G F
Then we roared right through our twenties
G C
Never bargained for a crash
Am G F
Watched our hollow dreams get buried
G C
Under heaps of plastic trash
Am G F G Am
Broken promises to children leaving idelible impressions
F G C
Welcome to the great depression
Verse:
C
We were our father's sons
F G C
Playing war on weekend days with our plastic guns
F G C
Catching up with who we were through the reruns
G
"Eat your vitamins and say your prayers
F (G)
You'll become doctors, lawyers and millionairs"
C
We were misguided kids
F G C
Tried to fuck our way through such a distorted world
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F G C
Confusing love and sex and plastic with pearls
G
"Get what you can for yourself, leave the rest behind"
F (G)
It's freedom forever 'til your card gets declined
Chorus:
Am G F
Then we roared right through our twenties
G C
Never bargained for a crash
Am G F
Watched our hollow dreams get buried
G C
Under heaps of plastic trash
Am G F G Am
Broken promises to children leaving idelible impressions
F G Am
Welcome to the great depression
F G C
Welcome to the great depression
Bridge:
C C
F Am
C C
Did he die for your sins?
Did he leave us for dead?
F Am
If you wanted us safe why would you fuck with our heads?
C C
The factory's gone, the loans are foreclosed
F Am
But there's some places left that still remind me of home
C C
F Am
There's some places left that still remind me of home
C C
F Am
Just give me one place left that reminds me of home
F G Am
The lifeboat is looking pretty full
F G Am G F
If you find some room reach out and give me a pull
F G Am
The way we learned to live is fading fast
F G C
I guess we never bargained for a crash
F G C
I guess we never bargained for a crash
F G C
I know we never bargained for a crash
