GD
There's a place in the world for the angry young man
AmD
With his working class ties and his radical plans
GD
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
AmD
And He's always at home with his back to the wall.
FGC
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
GAD
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-
GDCDGCAmGCFC
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
LEAD IN: CDGCAmGCGD
Give a moment or two to the angry young man,
AmD
With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
GD
He's been stabbed in the back, he's been misunderstood,
AmD
It's a comfort to know his intentions are good.
FGC
And he sits in a room with a lock on the door,
GAD
With his maps and his medals laid out on the floor
GDCDGCAmGC
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
FGm
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.
GAm
I once believed in causes too,
CD
I had my pointless point of view,
GCA
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,
AmD
With his fist in the air and his head in the sand.
GD
And he's never been able to learn from mistakes,
AmD
So he can't understand why his heart always breaks.
FGC
And his honor is pure and his courage as well,
GAD
And he's fair and he's true and he's boring as hell-
GDCDGCAmGC
And he'll go to the grave as an angry old man.
Instrumental: FGmA#CFA#CDGAmCDGCAD
(listen for timing)
GD
There's always a place for the angry young man
AmD
With his working class ties and his radical plans
GD
He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl,
AmD
And He's always at home with his back to the wall.
FGC
And he's proud of his scars and the battles he's lost,
GAD
And he struggles and bleeds as he hangs on his cross-
GDCDGCAmGCFC
And he likes to be known as the angry young man.
CODA: CDGCAmGCFCCDGCAmG 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.