Pete Townshend - Teenage Wasteland Chords

[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
X