Tim Minchin – Teenage Years (Guitar Live)
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The lyrics here match an earlier version though, including the verse about Perth, Australia.
This song is in three, with a waltz feel: 123, 123...
BUT! The verses have a bit of a mixed feel in two bar phrases: 1 2, 1 2 3...
For the nerds, it's a duplet over three beats. But have a listen and you'll get it!
[Intro]
Am F I'm sneaking out tonight Ddim7 E7 Am Through the warmth of the night air I'll pedal my bike F C From the house where my parents are sleepin' G E To the house of my rich mate whose folks are in Sweden Am F I'm getting drunk again Ddim7 E7 Am On a deadly cocktail of booze and Cobain F C I'll reach Nirvana by one Dm C/E F F#dim G 'Cause tonight my Teen Spirit is Bundaberg Rum
[Chorus]
C G/C F/C C I've got the fingers of one hand wrapped 'round F/C C G/C C The neck of a bottle of Jim Beam and Cola C G/C F/C C The fingers of the other hand stuffed down the pants of my Dm C/E Best friend's ex-girlfriend, or my ex-best friend's girlfriend F D/F# G Or my ex-girlfriend's best friend... Who gives a toss? Fmaj7 C/E 'Cause gently molesting your peers Eb6 Dm7 Dbmaj7 It's all part and parcel of your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 years Your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj years.
[Verse 1]
F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 Tonight my assignment's to steal a stop sign F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 It's not really a crime, I'm just freeing the streets F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 Tonight I will gaze at the stars, be amazed at how far F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 Far, far away they all are, gee I'm deep
[Chorus]
C G/C F/C C I've got the fingers of one hand wrapped round F/C C G/C C The handle of a coffee mug of warm Southern Comfort C G/C F/C C The fingers of the other hand struggling with the bra strap of a Dm C/E Young girl called Sharlene, who said she was 16 F D/F# G She looks more like 12, but then who gives a toss? Fmaj7 C/E 'Cause undoing training brassieres Eb6 Dm7 Dbmaj7 Is one of the pleasure of your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 years Your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj years.
[Verse 2]
F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 The guy sitting next to me's offering me LSD F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 I try my best to be funky but firm F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 I tell him "not for me, I've just ate KFC, F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 I never mix Chicken with hallucinogens"
[Chorus]
C G/C F/C C I've got the fingers of one hand stroking the F/C C G/C C Hair of a girl with a faulty gag reflex C G/C F/C C The fingers of the other hand struggling with the wrapper Dm C/E Of a strawberry flavoured novelty condom F D/F# G I never realized vaginas could taste Fmaj7 C/E But learning to use all the gear Eb6 Dm7 Dbmaj7 Is one of the missons of your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 years Your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj years.
[Verse 3]
F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 Looking out across the Swan, glistening in the rising sun F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 I have got the whole goddamn world at my feet F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 In the beauty of the day-break I can't help but contemplate F# Gmaj7 F# Gmaj7 The nature of my maths project due in next week
[Chorus]
C G/C F/C C I've got the fingers of one hand pressed to F/C C G/C C The pulse of the heartbeat of my generation C G/C F/C C And the fingers of the other hand wrapped 'round the shaft of the Dm C/E Pulsating knob of my teenage pretension F D/F# G If I don't write a poem, I'm going to explode Fmaj7 C/E But masturbatory ideas Eb6 Dm7 Dbmaj7 Are hard to repress during your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 years Your teenage... Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 G/B years.
[Outro]
Am Fmaj7 I'm sneaking home again Ddim7 E7 Am Pedalling through the mist of a light morning rain F C Like a bird flying back to it's cage Bdim7 E7 I'm trapped in what seems an eternal teenage Am Fmaj7 I ride towards the rising sun Ddim7 E7 Am As free as the lyrics of Jim Morrison F C I'll be back in bed by six o'clock Dm C/E F G There'll be plenty of time to dash one off the wrist Dm Bdim7 G7 Before Dad comes to wake me Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 up
Cmaj7 Dbmaj7 C