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!
