Bb Ab   Eb                Bb       Ab
 We were born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Bb       Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties

[Verse 1]

 Eb                Ab
 My mother cried
      Bb                      Ab
 When president Kennedy died
     Eb                         Ab
 She said it was the communists
            Bb      Ab
 But I knew better

[Verse 2]

Eb                   Ab
 Would they drop the bomb on us
          Bb                      Ab
 While we made love on the beach?
             Eb                         Ab
 We were the class they couldn't teach
                Bb
 'Cause we knew better

[Chorus]

 Bb Ab   Eb                Bb       Ab
 We were born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Bb       Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties

[Verse 3]

 Eb             Ab
 They screamed
          Bb            Ab
 When the Beatles sang
          Eb                                   Ab
 And they laughed when the King fell down the stairs
         Bb
 Oh they should've known better

[Verse 4]

       Eb               Ab
 Oh we hated our Aunts
         Bb                   Ab
 Then we messed in our pants
         Eb                                 Ab
 Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV
       Bb
 Oh we should've known better
 
[Chorus]

 Bb Ab   Eb                Bb       Ab
 We were born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Bb       Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties

[Outro]

Ebm7                                    Ab
 We freeze like statues on the pages of history
Ebm7                                Ebm7 Ab
 Living was never like this when we took all those G.C.E.'s
 Ebm7                           F#7 F#m
 Oh, you opened the door for us         and then you turned to dust
     Bb
 You don't understand us, so don't reprimand us
       Bb
 We're taking the future, we don't need no teacher

[Chorus]
 Eb                Bb       Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Bb       Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Bb       Ab
 Born, born in the fifties
 Eb                Db Ab
 Born, born in the fifties


[Chords]

    Bb  Ab  Eb  Db  Ebm7  F#7  F#m                                          
E|--6---4---6---4----6-----2----2--|
B|--6---4---8---6----7-----2----2--|
G|--7---5---8---6----6-----3----2--|
D|--8---6---8---6----8-----2----4--|
A|--8---6---6---4----6-----4----4--|
E|--6---4------------------2----2--|