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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
Am F
Broadway is black like a sinkhole, everyone raced to the suburbs.
C E7
And I'm on the rooftop with curious strangers, this is the oddest of summers.
Am
Maybe I'll medicate, maybe inebriate.
F
Strange situations, I get anxious.
C
Maybe I'll smile a bit, maybe the opposite.
E7
But pray that they don't call me thankless.
Pre-chorus:
Am F C E7 Am F C E7
My tell-tale heart's a hammer in my chest, cut me a silk tie tourniquet.
Chorus:
Am F
These are my roaring, roaring 20's, I don't even know me.
C
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
E7
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home
Am F
My roaring, roaring 20's, I don't even know me.
C
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
E7 Am
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
Verse 2:
Am F
Oscars and Emmy's and Grammy's, everyone here is a trophy.
C E7
And I'm sipping bourbon, the future uncertain, the past on the pavement below me.
Am F
Maybe I'll elevate, maybe I'm second rate, so unaware of my status.
C
Maybe I'm overjoyed, maybe I'm paranoid.
E7
Designer me up in straight jackets.
Pre-chorus:
Am F C E7 Am F C E7
My tell-tale heart's a hammer in my chest, cut me a silk tie tourniquet.
Chorus:
Am F
These are my roaring, roaring 20's, I don't even know me.
C
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
E7
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home
Am F
My roaring, roaring 20's, I don't even know me.
C
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
E7
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
Bridge:
C E7 Am
Hallucinations only mean that your brain is on fire.
Em7 C
But it's Lord of the Flies in my mind tonight, I don't know if I'll survive.
C E7 Am
Lighters up if you're feelin' me, fade to black if you're not mine.
Em7 E7
Cause I just need a sign, or a signal inside
Chorus:
Am F
This is my roaring, roaring 20's, I don't even know me.
C
Roll me a blunt cause I wanna go home.
E7
Roll me a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
Am F
My roaring, roaring 20's, I don't even know me.
C
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
E7
Roll me like a blunt, cause I wanna go home.
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Other versions of this song
- Roaring 20s (Tabs)
- Roaring 20s (Bass)
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Last Updated: February 10, 2026