20th century man — The Kinks

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20TH CENTURY MAN- The Kinks

This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare A wonderful world of technology Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare This is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation It's the age of insanity What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem? Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here

My momma says she can't understand me Can't see me motivation Just give me some security I'm a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century You keep all your smart modern writers Give me William Shakesphere You keep all your smart modern painters I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough

Girl, we gotta get out of here, we gotta find a solution I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here Well, we gotta get outta here, we've gotta find a solution I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna be here

Bridge

I was born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in grey Got no privacy, got no liberty Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me

RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES

Don't wanna get myself shot down By some trigger happy policeman Gotta keep a hold of my sanity I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here

RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES

My mama says she can't understand me Can't see my motivation Ain't got no security I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here

RIFF #2 (repeat ...)

I don't want twentieth century man, I don't want twentieth century man I don't want twentieth century man, I don't want twentieth century man This is the twentieth century Too much aggrevation This is the age of insanity I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here

'A' chord

RIFF #2:

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.