Verse 1: 
E             B  F#                 B 
Moving forward,  using all my breath, 
E                         B  F#                      B 
"I'll make it up to you," is all I should have said. 
E              B       F#                       B 
Mom and Dad, looked me right between the eyes, 
        E                      B  F# - 
Then I awoke, a blinding light. 
 
Chorus: 
-                       E 
Can't fight against the youth! (Hey!) 
     B          F# 
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh 
      G#min       F#    E 
Can't fight against the youth! (Hey!) 
       B                 F# 
You'll never take us alive!  
      G#min       F#    E 
Can't fight against the youth! (Hey!) 
     B          F# 
Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh 
      G#min      F#     E 
Can't fight against the youth! (Hey!) 
       B                 F# 
You'll never take us alive!  
- 
Can't fight against the youth! 
 
Verse 2: 
E         B  F#   B 
In December, 1995, 
E                  B              F#                     B       
Though I had the thoughts, no one ever heard them right 
E                 B      F#              B 
Fought resistance nearly my entire life, 
        E                      B  F# 
Then I awoke, a blinding light. 
 
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Bridge: 
B   F#                                     G#min            
   (Never gonna take us, never gonna break us.) 
B   F#                                            G#min 
   (Futures open wide, and the past is all behind us.) 
B   F#                                     G#min 
   (Never gonna take us, never gonna break us.) 
 
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