Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
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I was born in 1976
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Grew up on Red Dawn and WarGames, and ICBMs
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And after school me and my friends
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We'd meet in the garage
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And we'd take stock of the garden tools
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To assess which ones would make good weapons
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But my dad had it worse than me
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He'd have to hide under a desk
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As if that would stop the blast from destroying everything
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Then the tactics changed
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And the poor used what they had
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Like trucks and planes
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And bodies strapped with dynamite
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And it was terrible, tragic, but it wasn't a mushroom cloud
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And it was terrible, tragic, but it wasn't a mushroom cloud
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But you can't put the genie back
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In fact it's a miracle that it hasn't happened yet
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Crazy how it only takes a maniac
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Crazy how it only takes a maniac