Youth of Today

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Em  C  D  [ C  D ]     2x                                                ¼ = 144    John Shepard 1996

 

   Em               C        D

   Youth of today          Nobody understands you

[ C  D ]  Em                  C

   I said youth drifting away

                       D                                       B

   Seems you can’t do this, they won’t let you do nothing

 

Em         C                     D          [ C  D ]

   Youth     so misunderstood

   Em                                    D

   Grounded one day and bored the next

          C                                              B

   You want to move out but don’t want to pay rent

                                                                a       g             a            g    a         b

 

 

G                            D

   Can’t trust your parents (uh-uh)

      b                                     a    d

G                    D

   They don’t know you anymore

G                          D

   Things are too weird at home

                                               a               d      d

 

C                   D                                   C

   All this confusion       Makes you crazy

     g     f#       e       f#  e                 b                g        a     b

                             D

   Will somebody show the way

 

C7                                       G7

   Then a thought flashes through your head

     c           bb  c                         bb       c                    bb        d

C7                             G7

   As you remember something you read

C7                                           G7

   It was something that the Bible said

 

 

Am                               Dm7               Em                            F       G    [ E7 ]

Jesus       He’s always near you        Jesus will show the way

 e    e

Am                                                      Dm7                 [ C/E ]

Call on Him                   and He will hear you

F                        G                  Em         B                  Em  C  D  [ C D ]     2x

Jesus, He’s the answer                For youth of today

c    c        d          e        d    b                                 b       b             a    g   a  g


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   Em               C          D

   Youth of today           Nobody understands you

[C  D]   Em                             C                                                                      

   I said youth, walking in a daze

          D                                      B

   You feel grown up but they treat you like a child

 

Em          C                            D            [C  D]

   Youth       struggling with school

           Em                                       D

   They want you so much just to pass the test

         C                             B

   It’s too much work on so little rest

 

G                   D

   So tired of school (uh-huh)

      d     b                    a   

G                    D

   What’s the point in all these books

G                          D

   You’d dropout if you could

 

C                  D                              C

   All this confusion makes you crazy

     g     f#      e        f#  e        b                g         a     b

                             D

   Will somebody show the way

 

C7                                  G7

   Then a thought interrupts your work

     c           bb  c                      bb  c            bb        d

C7                               G7

   As you remember something you heard

C7                                      G7

   It was something right out of God’s Word

 

 

Am                               Dm7               Em                            F       G    [ E7 ]

Jesus       He’s always near you        Jesus will show the way

 e    e

Am                                                      Dm7                 [ C/E ]

Call on Him                   and He will hear you

F                        G                  Em         B                  [ C ]

Jesus, He’s the answer                For youth of today

c    c        d          e        d    b                                 b       b             a    g   a  g


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C                     D             C                      D

   Give Him a chance         To work it all out

      e          f#        g   f#                                                                             6            1        1

C                            D      B                                    C     [ D    E7 ]

   Cause He really can        He can do it right now

 

 

Am                               Dm7               Em                            F       G    [ E7 ]

Jesus       He’s always near you        Jesus will show the way

 e    e

Am                                                      Dm7                 [ C/E ]

Call on Him                   and He will hear you

F                        G             Dm7    [ C/E ]

Jesus, He’s the answer -----------------------> 2X

F                        G                  Em         B                  [ Em ]

Jesus, He’s the answer                For youth of today

c    c        d          e        d    b                                 b       b             a    g   a  g

 

 

Em  C  D  [ C D ]       Em

 

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