Youth of America
"Youth of America" (Sage) – 9:16
Originally by The Wipers from their second album, Youth of America, 1981.
The Melvins version appears on Electroretard from 2001.
Lyrics
Youth of America
Is living in the jungle
Fighting for survival
But there's no place to go
Youth of America
There's pressure all around
The walls are crumbling down
The walls are coming down on you
It is time we rectified this now
We've got to see it now
Got to see it now, now, now
They'll attack you from the right side,
Down the left side,
Down the middle, 'til you don't know who you are
Stay around think it don't really matter
They're trying to put you six feet under the ground
It is time we rectified this now
We've got to feel it now
Got to feel it now, now, now
It is time we rectified this now
We've got to heal it now
Got to heal it now, now, now
Youth of America
Is living in the jungle
Fighting for survival
But there's no place to go
No place to go, no place to go
The rich get richer nd the poor get poorer
And now there's no place left to run
Got to get off this rot
Do you want to be born here again?
I don't want to be born here again
Cos this ain't no existence
Beware of those guys in disguise
We're living in the jungle fighting for survival
Can't wait much longer
Hurry
They'll attack you from the right side,
Down the left side,
Down the middle, 'til you don't know who you are
Stay around think it don't really matter
They're trying to put you six feet under the ground
It is time we rectified this now
We've got to hear it now
Got to hear it now, now, now
Youth of America
Youth of America
Youth, youth, youth, youth, youth
Youth of America
Youth of America
You, you, you, you, you.
Guitar Tab
Tab by Bastian Stein (webmaster@incesticide.de)
v1.1
This is a great song! You can download an mp3 of the original version for free on zenorecords.com.
Or get the Melvins cover of it on the album Electroretard!
Main Guitar Riff (Intro)
2x
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9---9-10-9-7-9-7---------7--------------7------------||
D||----------------------------------------10-8-10---10-8------10---10-8-------||
A||-------------------------------------------------------8--------------8-----||
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
End of intro
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|----7--------------7----------10-----------|
D|-10---10-8------10---10-8-----10-----------|
A|-----------8--------------8---8----5*------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
*Let Ring
Bass riff during intro
A / F / D / F' / A'
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1--1-1--1-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-8--8--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
D / F
E||------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7----------------------||
D||-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--3---3---3---3--3-3--||
A||-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5--3---3---3---3--3-3--||
E||----------------------------------------------1---1---1---1--1-1--||
Youth of America - is living in the jungle
fighting for survival - but there's no place to go
Youth of America - there's pressure all around
the walls are crumbling down - the walls are coming down on you
Bass riff during verse
G||----------------------------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------------||
A||-5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--3--5-5-5-5--------------------||
E||----------------------------------------------1--1--1--1--1-1-||
Chorus
G / A# / F
D# / A#
D# / A# / F' / D
1X then go to next riff
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3-X-3-3--3-X-3-3------|
A|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---3-X-3-3--3-X-3-3------|
E|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---1-X-1-1--1-X-1-1------|
It is time we rectify this now
2x
E||------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------||
G||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-------------------------||
D||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
A||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
E||-------------------------6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
We got to see it now
Got to see it now <--Let Ring (A#)
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-10------7------|
D|-10------7------|
A|--8*-----5*-----|
E|----------------|
*Let Ring
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|