Youth Of The Nation Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Am][C]
[Am][C][Am][C]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I [C]would've known
'cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye
I didn't [Am]tell her that I loved her,
how much I cared
Or thank my [C]pops for all the talks
and all the wisdom he shared
Una[Am]ware, I just did what I always do
Every [C]day, the same routine
before I skate off to school
But who [Am]knew that this day
wasn't like the rest?
Instead of [C]takin' a test, I took two to the chest

[Verse 2]
[Am]Call me blind, but I didn't see it comin'
Every[C]body was runnin',
but I couldn't hear nothin' ex[Am]cept
Gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't [C]really know this kid,
though I sit by him in class
[Am]Maybe this kid was reachin' out for love
Or [C]maybe for a moment,
he forgot who he was
Or [Am]maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
What[C]ever it was, I know it's because

[Chorus 1]
[Am]We are, we are (We a[C]re)
the youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are [C](We are)
youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are [C](We are)
the youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are (We [C]are)

[Verse 3]
youth of the nation
[Am]Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was [C]given the world
with every chance to excel
[Am]Hang with the boys
and hear the stories they tell
She might [C]act kind of proud,
but no respect for herself
[Am]She finds love in all the wrong places
The [C]same situations, just different faces
[Am]Changed up her pace
since her daddy left her
Too [C]bad he never told her

[Verse 4]
she deserved much better
[Am]Johnny boy always played the fool
He [C]broke all the rules
so you would think he was cool
[Am]He was never really one of the guys
No matter [C]how hard he tried,
often thought of suicide
[Am]It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his [C]life to an end,
they might remember him then
[Am]You cross the line
and there's no turning back
Told the [C]world how he felt

[Chorus 2]
with the sound of a gat
[Am]We are, we are (We a[C]re)
the youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are [C](We are)
youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are [C](We are)
the youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are (We [C]are)

[Interlude 1]
youth of the nation
[Am][C][Am][C]
[Am][C][Am][C]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Who's to blame
for the lives that tragedies claim?
No [C]matter what you say,
it don't take away the pain
That [Am]I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't no[C]body know why,
it's the blind leadin' the blind
[Am]Guess that's the way the story goes
Will it [C]ever make sense?
Somebody's gotta know
[Am]There's gotta be more to life than this
There's gotta [C]be more to everything

[Chorus 3]
I thought exists
We are, we are, the youth of the nation
We are, we are, youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are (We are, we [C]are)
the youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are (We are, we [C]are)

[Chorus 4]
youth of the nation
[Am]We are, we are (We are, we are)[C]
the youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are (We are, we [C]are)
youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are (We are, we [C]are)
the youth of the na[Am]tion
We are, we are (We are, we [C]are)

[Outro 1]
youth of the nation
[Am](Youth of the nation)
[C](We are) Youth of the na[Am]tion
[C](We are) Youth of the na[Am]tion
[C](We are) Youth of the na[Am]tion
(We [C]are)