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Teenager

Better Than Ezra

RockMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em
G
D××
C×
Am×
A×
F
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro 4x: Em  G  D  C 
 
Verso: 
 
 Em    G        C     Am 
Listen to them fight. 
 Em        G      C   Am 
Hear your mother cry. 
 Em     G        C    Am 
Weekend at your dad's. 
            Em             A     C 
They don't know what they do to you. 
Am        Em G  D  C   Em  G  D  C 
 Teenager.      Teeeenager. 
 
Verso: 
 
 Em       G        C    Am 
Wrap yourself in black. 
 Em    G       C    Am 
Listen to the Cure. 
 Em        G          C    Am 
Love line won't call back. 
            Em 
They don't know, 
             
They don't care, 
            C 
They don't see, 
      Am 
But I do. 
 
 
 
Am          G    D   C     D 
And if it feels good do it. 
               G     D        C   D 
'Cause if it tastes fine to drink. 
                 G            D             C   D 
Well, there's a range of possibilities to find. 
      Em G   D  C   Em  G   C 
Teenager.   Teeeenager... 
 
Verso: 
 
Em       G         C    Am 
No one knows your name. 
Em       G         C    Am 
No one hears your cry. 
 Em      G         C    Am 
Fall in with the fringe 
              Em                A     C 
Because they know what you're going through. 
     D 
They do. 
 
 
 
 D          G    D   C      D 
And if it feels good do it. 
               G     D        C   D 
'Cause if it tastes fine to drink. 
                 G             D           C   D 
Well, there's a range of possibilities to find. 
      Em G  D  C  Em    G  D  C 
Teenager.  Teeeenager... 
 
Ponte: 
 
F B C 
      No one's wrong, 
F B C           F B C 
     No one's right. 
          Em      F B C 
It comes down on you. 
              F B C          F B C        Em  A    C 
And I have found,   your life     inside miiiiine. 
 
Instrumental: Em  G  D  C (2x) 
 
Verso: 
 
 Em        G      C   Am 
Hear your mother cry 
 Em    G        C    Am 
Fade into the night. 
 Em        G       C   Am 
When they ask you why, 
            Em 
They won't know, they won't feel, 
            C 
They won't see, 
         Am 
But you will. 
 
 
 
           G     D      C   D 
And if it feels good do it. 
           G      D        C    D 
And if it tastes fine to drink. 
                 G             D           C 
Well, there's a range of possibilities to find. 
 
 
 D          G     D      C   D 
And if it feels good do it. 
           G      D        C    D 
And if it tastes fine to drink. 
 D          G     D      C   D 
And if it feels good do it. 
           G      D        C    D 
And if it tastes fine to drink. 
                 G             D           C    D 
Well, there's a range of possibilities to find. 
     Em  G  D  C   Em 
Teenager.  Teeeenager... 
          
 

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Chord set

Em · G · D · C · Am · A · F · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.