The Beat(en) Generation (From Mind Bomb 1989) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]When you cast your eyes upon
the [F]skylines of [G]this ...
Once proud nation
Can you sense [Am]the fear
and the [F]hatred
[G]Growing in the hearts of it's
population?
[Am][F][G]

[Verse 2]
And [Am]our youth, oh [F]youth,
are be[G]ing seduced
By the [Am]greedy hands of
[F]politics [G]and half truths

[Verse 3]
The [Am]beaten genera[F]tion,
[G]the beaten generation
[Am]Reared on a di[F]et of [G]prejudice
and misinformation
[Am]The beaten genera[F]tion,
the [G]beaten generation
[Am]Open [F]your eyes, [G]open your imagination
[Am][F][G]

[Verse 4]
[Am]We're being sedated
[F]by the gasoline fumes
And [G]hypnotised by the satellites
[Am]Into believing [F]what is good
[G]and what is right

[Verse 5]
You may be [Am]worshipping
the temples of [C]mammon
Or [G]lost in the prisons of re[F]ligion
But can [Am]you still walk back
to happi[C]ness
When you've [G]nowhere
[F]left [Am]to ru[F]n?[G][Am]

[Verse 6]
[F]If[G][Am][F][G][Am]
[F][G][Am][F][G][F]
[G]
[G#dim]they send[Am] in the [F]special police[G]
To de[Am]liver [C]us [F]from evil
and [G]keep us from peace

[Verse 7]
Then won't the [Am]words sit
ill upon their [C]tongues
When [G]they tell us justice is [F]being done
That [Am]freedom lives in the bar
[C]rels of [G]a warm [F]gun?

[Verse 8]
The [Am]beaten genera[F]tion,
the [G]beaten generation
[Am]Reared on a di[F]et of [G]prejudice
and misinformation
The [Am]beaten genera[F]tion,
the [G]beaten generation
[Am]Open [F]your eyes, [G]open your imagination

[Outro 1]
[Am][F][G][F][G]
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