Against Me – Teenage Anarchist

[Verse] [Chorus]

Bb Bb F Eb Bb/D Bb
I was a teenage anarchist Do you remember when you were young
F Eb Bb/D
Looking for a revolution And you wanted to set the world on fire
Gm Bb F Eb Bb/D Bb
I had the style, I had the ambition Do you remember when you were young
Cm Eb
Read all the authors I knew the right slogans And you wanted to set the world on fire
Bb Bb
There was no war but the class war When you were young
F Eb Bb/D
I was ready to set the world on fire And you wanted to set the world on fire
Gm
I was a teenage anarchist |Bb | | | |

Looking for a revolution [Verse 3]

Gm
[Chorus] I was a teenage anarchist

Bb F/A Eb/D Dm/F Eb But then the scene got too rigid
Do you remember when you were young Cm
Dm Cm It was mob mentality
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Bb F Eb Bb/D Bb They set their rifle sights on me
Do you remember when you were young Eb
F Db Bb/D Narrow visions of autonomy
And you wanted to set the world on fire
You want me to surrender my identity
F
[Verse 2] I was a teenage anarchist
[stop]
Bb The revolution was a lie
I was a teenage anarchist

But the politics were too convenient [Chorus]

Gm
In the depths of their humanity Bb F Eb Bb/D Bb
Do you remember when you were young
All I saw was bloodless ideology F Eb Bb/D
Bb And you wanted to set the world on fire
With freedom as their doctrine Bb F Eb Bb/D Bb
Do you remember when you were young
Guess who was the new authority Cm Eb
Gm And you wanted to set the world on fire
I was a teenage anarchist Bb
[1 2] Eb Bb/D When you were young
But the politics were too convenient Cm Eb
And you wanted to set the world on fire
Bb
When you were young
Cm Eb
And you wanted to set the world on fire

Bb
I was a teenage anarchist (4x)