(Capo first fret)
Intro: D A 4x
DA
I was a teenage anarchist
DA
Looking for a revolution
DA
I had the style, I had the ambition
DA
Read all the authors I knew the right slogans
DA
There was no war but the class war
DA
I was ready to set the world on fire
DA
I was a teenage anarchist
DA
Looking for a revolution
EDA
Dooooo you remember when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
EDA
Dooooo you remember when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
ADA
I was a teenage anarchist
DA
But the politics were too convenient
ADA
In the depths of their humanity
ADA
All I saw was bloodless ideology
ADA
With freedom as their doctrine
ADA
Guess who was the new authority
DA
I was a teenage anarchist
DA
But the politics were too convenient
EDA
Dooooo you remember when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
EDA
Dooooo you remember when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
A
when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
DA
I was a teenage anarchist
DA
But then the scene got too rigid
AD
It was mob mentality
ADA
They set their rifle sights on me
ADA
Narrow visions of autonomy
ADA
You want me to surrender my identity
E
I was a teenage anarchist
(stop)
The revolution was a lie
EDA
Dooooo you remember when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
EDA
Dooooo you remember when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
A
when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
A
when you were young
ED
And you wanted to set the world on fire
AD
I was a teenage anarchist (4x)
END
(Corrections and feedback welcome)