My Generation

Capo: 2nd fret Intro D Dsus4 D Dsus4 [Verse 1] D Dsus4 D Dsus4 My generation's in a state, we're a nation in the gutter, D Dsus4 pass the queue for the food bank every day. D D Would you get some bread and butter? D G D G I see a single mother signing on, just to keep her baby eating, D G D G while her teenage son shots gear to fund the lekky and the heating. Chorus Bm A D D And people say: God only knows what we're trying for, Bm A D Dsus4 D Dsus4 God only knows what we're dying for. [Verse 2] D G D G I see the local lads who did smash-and-grabs on tag outside probation, D G D G I see the demonized and traumatized by social deprivation. D G D G It's too gentrified to attempt to die in thе block where life started D G D G 'cause they regenerate every estate to cleanse the working classes. Chorus Bm A D D And people say: God only knows what we're trying for, Bm A D D people say: God only knows what we're dying for. Bm A D D And people say: God only knows what we're trying for, Bm A D D God only knows what we're dying for. Bridge Em G Bm A 'Cause we are the dreamers and lo-vers Em G Bm A A with nothing to live for but one ano - ther. [End-Chorus] Bm A D Dsus4 God only knows what we're trying for, Bm A D Dsus4 God only knows what we're dying for. Bm A D Dsus4 God only knows what we're trying for, Bm A D Dsus4 God only knows what we're dying for. Bm A D Dsus4 God only knows what we're trying for, Bm A D Dsus4 God only knows what we're dying for. Bm A D Dsus4 God only knows what we're trying for, Bm A D God only knows what we're dying for.