G                 D
You've been told all your life that,
 C
"you're the youth of a modern nation."
G            D                     C
but all you see in your eyes is a modern disaster!
G               D               C
you spend your life slaving to get an education
                  G
even though they say - that,
     D                   C
"it won't be enough, to get you the job, to get you the home,
                            D
to give you the life, that makes life worth living!"


[Chorus 1]
G            D                   C
you're the youth of the modern world
G                               D
you're the youth of the modern world
C                                     D
the future is yours, don't let the present cheat you
G             D                  C
you're the youth of the modern world
G                        D
you're the youth of the modern world
     C                 D                   G
the future starts now and it belongs to you!


[Verse 2]
                          D
public servants of the community,
C                            D            G
talking about how much they care for the youth
         D                           C
but with no vote, you become only a photo-op to shoot
G            D
by way of visits to your under-funded school,
C                                          G
and the mall where they taught you how to consume
                 D
never mind the curfew saying,
C
"we don't trust you! we don't believe you!"
                                 D
when you're on the street, "no good" is what you're up to


[Chorus 2]
G            D                   C
you're the youth of the modern world
G                         D
you're the youth of the modern world
C                                     D
the future is yours, don't let the present cheat you
G             D                  C
you're the youth of the modern world
G                         D
you're the youth of the modern world
     C                 D                   E
the future starts now and it belongs to you!


[Verse 3]
                                    C
they say, they say, "the youth are angry!"
E                                   C
they say, they say, "the youth are mad!"
G                          E
but they don't know about you or me
C                          E
no, they don't know about you or me
G                          E
no, they don't know about you, or me,
   C                               E      C
or you, or him, or her, or you, or me...oh no...
 G                 C
oh noooo...   yeah


[Bridge]
G            D         C
 sometimes i feel so enraged,
                                    G
wondering if things will ever change?
         D                                C
why the hell does everybody have to buy into the game?
G               D
a society that lives to work,
       C                                                  G
and a government that spends more money on bombs than schools
      D                        C
no wonder the kids are always looking for something new...


G                D          C
this is the computer age, this is the modern age,
G            D            C
this is the age of sophistication
G                 D                          C            G
yet there are so few out there among the high-tech geniuses
           D                            C
that ever have a clue what is important to the youth,
 n.c                        G     D    C
or know what the youth can do!
                       G D       C
and what the youth can do is so unbelievable...
D           G
so unforgettable...
D     C
  so incredible...
D             G
  and don't forget it!
D              C
  don't fucking forget it!