Billy Joel – Prelude - Angry Young Man (Guitar)

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There's a place in the world for the angry young man

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With his working class ties and his radical plans

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He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl

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And he's always at home with his back to the wall

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And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost

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And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross

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And he likes to be known as the angry young man

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Give a moment or two to the angry young man

          Am7                          D
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand

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He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood

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It's a comfort to know his intentions are good

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And he sits in a room with a lock on the door

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With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor

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And he likes to be known as the angry young man

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  I believe I've passed the age

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Of consciousness and righteous rage

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I found that just surviving was a noble fight

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 I once believed in causes too

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I had my pointless point of view

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And life went on no matter who was wrong or right

        G                        D
There's always a place for the angry young man

          Am7                       D
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand

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And he's never been able to learn from mistakes

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So he can't understand why his heart always breaks

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And his honor is pure, and his courage as well

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And he's fair, and he's true, and he's boring as hell

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And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man

             G                         D
Yes, there's always a place for the angry young man

          Am7                       D
With his working class ties and his radical plans

       G                   D
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl

      Am7                    G/D          D
He's always at home with his back to the wall

           F/A          G/B          C
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost

         G/B            A/C#         D
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross

         G                      D            CMaj7
And he likes to be known as the angry young man