A
D
A
E
A
D
G
D
G
D
A
A
E
This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare
A
A wonderful world of technology
D
G
D
A
Napalm, hydrogen bomb, biological warfare
A
E
This is the twentieth century, too much aggrevation
A
It's the age of insanity
D
G
D
A
What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jeruselem?
A
G
A
G
Ain't got no ambition, I'm just disillusioned
D
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
A
G
G#
A
My momma says she can't understand me
E
Can't see me motivation
A
Just give me some security
D
G
D
A
I'm a paranoid schitzoid product of the 20th century
A
G
G#
A
You keep all your smart modern writers
E
Give me William Shakesphere
A
You keep all your smart modern painters
D
G
D
A
I'll take Rembrant, Titian, DeVinci and Gainsborough
A
G
G#
A
G
Girl, we gotta get out of here, we gotta find a solution
D
A
(riff)
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't want, don't wanna die here
A
G
G#
A
G
Well, we gotta get outta here, we've gotta find a solution
D
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 born in a welfare state, ruled by bureaucracy
D
Am
C
C/B
A5
Controlled by civil servants and people dressed in grey
A5
Am
A5
G
G/F#
Em
Got no privacy, got no liberty
D
A5
C
C/B
A
Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
A
G
D
A
Don't wanna get myself shot down
G
D
A
By some trigger happy policeman
G
D
Gotta keep a hold of my sanity
D
F
C
G
A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES
G
D
A
My mama says she can't understand me
G
D
A
Can't see my motivation
G
D
Ain't got no security
D
F
C
G
A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna die here
RIFF #2 (repeat ...)
A
G
D
A
This is the twentieth century
G
D
A
Too much aggrevation
G
D
This is the age of insanity
D
F
C
G
A
I'm a twentieth century man but I don't wanna be here
RIFF:
A
G
G/F#
Em
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