GD
There's a place in the world for the angry young man
Am7D
With his working class ties and his radical plans
GD
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
Am7D
And He's always at home with his back to the wall.
FG/BC
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
G/BAD
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-
GDCmaj7DG/BCAm7G/BCFC
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
LEAD IN: Cmaj7DG/BCAm7G/BCGD
Give a moment or two to the angry young man,
Am7D
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
GD
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood,
Am7D
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good.
FG/BC
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,
G/BAD
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor
GDCmaj7DG/BCAm7G/BC
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
FGm7
I believe I've passed the age
A#C
Of consciousness and righteous rage
FA#
I found that just surviving
CD
was a noble fight.
GAm7
I once believed in causes too,
CD
I had my pointless point of view,
G/BCA
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right.
D
Oh.
GD
And there's always a place for the angry young man,
Am7D
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.
GD
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes,
Am7D
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
FG/BC
And his honor is pure and his courage as well,
G/BAD
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell-
GDCmaj7DG/BCAm7G/BC
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.
Instrumental: FGm7A#CFA#CDGAm7CDG/BCAD
(listen for timing)
GD
There's always a place for the angry young man
Am7D
With his working class ties and his radical plans
GD
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
Am7D
And He's always at home with his back to the wall.
FG/BC
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
G/BAD
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-
GDCmaj7DG/BCAm7G/BCFC
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
CODA: Cmaj7DG/BCAm7G/BCFCCmaj7DG/BCAm7G/B C(let ring)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.