20th Century Man

20TH CENTURY MAN- The Kinks

A A A(move A shape from down a fret back) A D D A E E

A (riff 2x) A D G D G D A (riff 2x)

This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare

A wonderful world of technology

D G D A (riff)

Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare

This is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation

It's the age of insanity

D G D A (riff)

What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?

Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned

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)

My momma says she can't understand me

Can't see me motivation

Just give me some security

D G D A (riff)

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

D G D A (riff)

I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough

Girl, we gotta get out of here, 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

Well, we gotta get outta here, 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

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

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

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

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

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-------------------3-3-3-2--

-------------------2-2-2-2-- repeat

-------------------4-4-4-2--

----0-5p0-5p0---0-----------

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RIFF #2:

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----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)