Beaten Generation
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Am F
When you cast your eyes upon the skylines
G Dsus4 G
Of this once proud nation,
Ab Am7 F
Can you sense the fear and the hatred
G7 Dsus4 G7 Ab
Growing in the hearts of its population
Am7 C F G7 Dsus4 G7
Ab5 Am7 F G Dsus4 G7 Ab
And our youth, oh youth, are being seduced
Am7 F G7 Dsus4 G7 Ab
By the greedy hands of politics and half truths
[Refrão] Am7 F G7 Dsus4 G7 Ab
The beaten generation, the beaten gener-ation,
Am7 F G7 Dsus4 G7 Ab
Reared on a diet of prejudice and mis-information.
Am7 F G7 Dsus4 G7 Ab
The beaten generation, the beaten gener-ation,
Am7 F G7 Dsus4 G7 Ab
Open your eyes, open your imagina{tion}
Am7 F
We're being sedated by the gasoline fumes
G7 Dsus4 G
And hypnotised by the satellites
Ab Am7 F G7 Dsus4 G7
In-to believing what is good and what is right
Ab Am7 C
You may be worshipping the temples of mammon
G7 F7
Or lost in the prisons of religion
Am7 C
But can you still walk back to happiness
G Gsus4 F
When you've nowhere left to run?
Am7 F G7 D G7
If they send in the special police
Ab Am7 F G7 D G7 Ab
To deliver us from liberty and keep us from peace
Am7 C
Then won't the words sit ill upon their tongues
G F7
When they tell us justice is being done
Am7 C G F
And that freedom lives in the barrels of a warm gun?
How to play Beaten Generation
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Am. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.