Chorus: A# G# D# A# G# We were born, born in the fifties D# C# G# Born, born in the fifties D# A# G# Born, born in the fifties D# C# G# Born, born in the fifties D# G# My mother cried A# G# When president Kennedy died D# G# She said it was the communists A# G# But I knew better D# G# Would they drop the bomb on us A# G# While we made love on the beach? D# G# We were the class they couldn't teach A# 'Cause we knew better Chorus They screamed when the Beatles sang And they laughed when the King fell down the stairs Oh, they should've known better Oh, we hated our aunts, then we messed in our pants Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV Oh, we should've known better Chorus D#m7 G# We freeze like statues on the pages of history D#m7 Living was never like this D#m7 G# when we took all those G.C.E.'s D#m7 F#7 F#m Oh, you opened the door for us and then you turned to dust A# You don't understand us, so don't reprimand us A# We're taking the future, we don't need no teacher Chorus - x2 | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Chords fingeringsA# C# D# D#m D#m7 F#m F#7 G# |