Young Conservatives chords by The Kinks

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: A

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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Have you heard the word?    The revolution's over.
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Now the anger's disappeared    and the rebels are much older.
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And the schools and universities are turning out a brand new breed
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Of young conservatives.

Chorus 1:
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Get yourself a brand new scene, keep your collars white and clean,
       G               F#m               E
It's time to come and join the young conservatives.

Verse 2:
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Revolution used to be cool
but now it's out of fashion.
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Politeness is the rule
and not an angry young man's passion.
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And they've used up all the alternatives, now they're rushing down the street
   E                 A          D  E    A          D  E
To join the young conservatives.     conservatives.

Bridge 1:
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Ban the bomb, oh how contemporary, in your parents' car.
        E            A              D            E
Another chip off the block, is that all that you are?
D
Look at all the young conservatives hanging out in the bars.
            E               A             D     E
It's got to stop before it goes too fa-fa-fa-fa-far.

Chorus 2:
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Get yourself some new attire, set your sights a little higher,
G                   F#m               E
Now you're going to join the young conservatives.

Verse 3:
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The establishment is winning
now the battle's nearly won
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The rebels are conforming
see the fathers, now the sons.
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All the urgency and energy have turned into complacency,
         Bm              C#m          D                      E
And the schools and universities are turning out a brand new breed
            A          D E     A         D E
Of young conservatives.    conservatives

Bridge 2:
D
Rebel, rebel found a cause, now it's Hampstead not East End
             E      A       D      E
And now he's such a well respected man.
D
The only action that you see is in the Sunday Times.
            E     A            D           E
Content to sit in bed and read between the lines.

Chorus 3:
D             C#m                    Bm     A
Rebel, rebel, join the young conservatives,
G          F#m             E
Be a devil join the new conservatives.

Verse 4:
         A         D      E              A           D   E
It's a victory for order
now they've beaten everyone.
     A             D        E           A                    D     E
The rebels are too old now
and the young just want to be young.
        Bm          C#m         D              E
All the urgency and energy have turned into complacency,
         Bm              C#m          D                      E
And the schools and universities are turning out a brand new breed
            A          D E     A         D E
Of young conservatives.    conservatives

Outro:
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    Look at all the young conservatives    look at all the young conservatives.

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