Pete Townshend – Teenage Wasteland (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm Dm9 C/D Dm7 G/A [Verse 1]
Dm
Out here in the fields

C/D
I fight for my meals

Dm7                   G/D
I get my back into my living

Dm
I don't need to fight

C/D
To prove I;m right

Dm7                       G/D
And I don't need to be forgiven
[Pre-Chorus]
D       Dm7                 F7
My kids ain't gonna break my heart

Gm      Gm/F                     Eb
My greed ain't gonna spoil their part

Cm         F               Bb      Bb/A    Gm    Gm/F
This life just has to be a new one

Eb                         A7sus4    A7
I'm gonna tan underneath a new sun
[Chorus]
Dm               C/D
Don't cry, don't raise your eye

Bb/D     Am
It's only teenage wasteland
Dm C/D Dmin7 G [Verse 2]
Dm
Don't have the latest suit

C
The long grass is my fruit

Dmin7                G
I am nearly ordinary man

Dm
The family is free

C
To do just as they please

Dmin7                               G
And we all sleep together in the caravan
[Pre-Chorus]
D       Dmin7              F7
Hey You! Don't walk on the turnips!

Gm      Gm/F                 Eb
My lord, when will they ever learn it?

Cm          F                     Bb      Bb/A    Gm    Gm/F
Look there, nations of travelling children

Eb         Eb/Bb             A7sus4       A7
Nowhere to go, to escape the chill wind
[Chorus]
Dm               C/D
Don't cry, don't raise your eye

Bb/D     Am
It's only teenage wasteland
[Pre-Chorus] D A/D G/D (x4)
D       Dm7                 F7
My kids ain't gonna break my heart

Gm      Gm/F                     Eb
My greed ain't gonna spoil their part

Cm         F               Bb      Bb/A    Gm    Gm/F
This life just has to be a new one

Eb                         A7sus4    A7        A
I'm gonna tan underneath a new sun
[Bridge] D A/D G/D A/D (x4) E B/E A/E B/E (x2)
E           B/E   A/E       B/E
Sally, take my    hand

E                   B/E   A/E       B/E
We'll travel South 'cross land

E           B/E   A/E             B/E
Put out the fire, don't look past my shoulder
E B/E A/E B/E
E          B/E  A/E       B/E
The exodus is   here

E              B/E  A/E       B/E
The happy ones are  near

E            B/E  A/E         B/E
Let's get home,      before we get older

E       B/E  A/E      B/E
                  Teenage wasteland

E       B/E  A/E      B/E
                  Teenage wasteland

E       B/E  A/E      B/E
                  Teenage wasteland

E       B/E  A/E           B/E
              It's only teenage wasteland

E       B/E  A/E      B/E
                  Teenage wasteland

E       B/E  A/E           B/E
              It's only teenage wasteland

E       B/E  A/E      B/E
                  Teenage wasteland

E       B/E  A/E           B/E
              It's only teenage wasteland
[Outro]
A/E         B        B      A/B     A/B
They're all wasted!
B A/B C/B Bm7 B A/B C/B F/B B A/B G/B C/B F/B E/B B A/B E/B (x20) B