intro: A E G D A G A x2
[A]The kids today they got
[E]nothing to say they got
[G]nothing to say because they
[D]taught em that way they wanna
[A]watch em grow old put em in
[G]their grave til they're [A]gone
[A]They mess with their hearts and they
[E]mess with their minds and they
[G]plug up their ears and then they
[D]make em go blind til they
[A]walk down the street and they
[G]cant tell what time it [A]is
Chorus:
you see em standing in [D]line
you watch em goin [A]insane
because they're wasting their [D]time
how they're waiting in [A]vein
this is the way it should [G]be
you were born to be [E]free
so why you wasting [A]away
[G]why you wasting [A]away
A E G D A G A x2
(Chorus)
[A]teachers today they got
[E]nothin to say they got
[G]nothin to say because they
[D]taught em that way they only
[A]do what they're told so they can
[G]get their pay and go [A]home
[A]they walk down the street with their
[E]hearts in their hands and they
[G]grow up to fast and then they
[D]can't understand what its
[A]like to be a woman or
[G]mabey a man cause its [A]wrong
you watch em standin i[D]n line
you see em goin in[A]sane
because they're wasting their [D]time
while they're waiting in [A]vein
this is the way it should [G]be
you were born to be [E]free
so why you wasting [A]away
[G]why you wasting [A]away
[A]you were born to be free
[G]why you wasting [A]away
[A]The kids today they got
[E]nothing to say they got
[G]nothing to say because they
[D]taught em that way they wanna
[A]watch em grow old put em in
[G]their grave til they're [A]gone
[A]They mess with their hearts and they
[E]mess with their minds and they
[G]plug up their ears and then they
[D]make em go blind til they
[A]walk down the street and they
[G]cant tell what time it [A]is
Chorus:
you see em standing in [D]line
you watch em goin [A]insane
because they're wasting their [D]time
how they're waiting in [A]vein
this is the way it should [G]be
you were born to be [E]free
so why you wasting [A]away
[G]why you wasting [A]away
A E G D A G A x2
(Chorus)
[A]teachers today they got
[E]nothin to say they got
[G]nothin to say because they
[D]taught em that way they only
[A]do what they're told so they can
[G]get their pay and go [A]home
[A]they walk down the street with their
[E]hearts in their hands and they
[G]grow up to fast and then they
[D]can't understand what its
[A]like to be a woman or
[G]mabey a man cause its [A]wrong
you watch em standin i[D]n line
you see em goin in[A]sane
because they're wasting their [D]time
while they're waiting in [A]vein
this is the way it should [G]be
you were born to be [E]free
so why you wasting [A]away
[G]why you wasting [A]away
[A]you were born to be free
[G]why you wasting [A]away