Youth Of America by The Melvins, originally by The Wipers
Tab by Bastian Stein ([email protected])
v1.1
This is a great song! You can download an mp3 of the original version for free on zenorecords.com.
Or get the Melvins cover of it on the album Electroretard!
Main Guitar Riff (Intro)
2x
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B||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9-7----7----7--------------7---------||
D||----------------------------------------10---10---10-8------10---10-8----||
A||-------------------------------------------------------8--------------8--||
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End of intro
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B|-------------------------------------------|
G|----7--------------7-----------------------|
D|-10---10-8------10---10-8------------------|
A|-----------8--------------8---10---5*------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
*Let Ring
Bass riff during intro
A / F / D / F' / A'
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
D / F
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G||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7------------------||
D||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--3--3--3--3--3-3-||
A||-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--3--3--3--3--3-3-||
E||-------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1-||
Youth of America - is living in the jungle
fighting for survival - but there's no place to go
Youth of America - there's pressure all around
the walls are crumbling down - the walls are coming down on you
Bass riff during verse
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D||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1-||
Chorus
G / A# / F
D# / A#
D# / A# / F' / D
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
It is time we rectify this now
1x
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B||------------------------------------------------||
G||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------||
D||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
A||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
E||-------------------------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
We got to see it now
Got to see it now <--Let Ring (A#)
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-10------7------|
D|-10------7------|
A|--8*-----5*-----|
E|----------------|
*Let Ring
Now, Now
Lyrics
Youth of America
Is living in the jungle
Fighting for survival
But there's no place to go
Youth of America
There's pressure all around
The walls are crumbling down
The walls are coming down on you
It is time we rectify this now
We got to see it now
Got to see it now, now, now
They attack you from the right side
Down the left side
Down the middle till you don't know who you are
Stay around, think it don't really matters
There trying to put you 6 feet under the ground
It is time we rectify this now
We got to feel this now
Got to feel now, now, now
It is time we rectify this now
We got to heal it now
Got to heal it now, now, now
Youth of America
Is living in the jungle
Fighting for survival
But there's no place to go
No place to go
No place to go
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer
Now there's no place left to go
Got to get off of this rot
Do you want to be born here again?
I don't want to be born here again
This just ain't no existence
Beware of those guys in disguese
We're living in the jungle fighting for survival
Can't wait much longer
Hurry
They'll attack you from the right side
Down the left side
Down the middle till you don't know who you are
Stay around, think it don't really matters
There trying to put you 6 feet under the ground
It is time we rectify this now
We got to hear it now
Got to hear it now, now, now
(Wipers version only:)
Youth of America
Youth of America
Youth, youth, youth, youth, youth
Youth of America
Youth of America
You, you, you, you, you