20Th Century Man
The Kinks
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## > 20TH CENTURY MAN- The Kinks (move shape from down fret back) (riff 2x) (riff 2x) This is the age of machinery a mechanical nightmare A wonderful world of technology Napalm hydrogen bomb biological warfare This is the twentieth century too much aggrevation It’s the age of insanity 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 (riff) My momma says she can’t understand me Can’t see me motivation Just give me some security 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 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 BRIDGE: 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 Cos the twentieth century people took it all away from me RIFF #2 FOUR TIMES Don’t wanna get myself shot down 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 My mama says she can’t understand me 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 RIFF: ’A’ chord ---------------------------- -------------------3-3-3-2-- -------------------2-2-2-2-- repeat -------------------4-4-4-2-- ----0-5p0-5p0---0----------- --------------0------------- RIFF #2: ------------------------------------ ----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 )
