Bb  Ab  Eb  Db  Ebm7  F#7  F#m
E|--6---4---6---4----6-----2----2--|
B|--6---4---8---6----7-----2----2--|
G|--7---5---8---6----6-----3----2--|
D|--8---6---8---6----8-----2----4--|
A|--8---6---6---4----6-----4----4--|
E|--6---4------------------2----2--|
[Chorus]
 Bb Ab   Eb                Bb       Ab 
 We were born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Bb       Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties
[Verse]
 Eb                Ab 
 My mother cried 
      Bb                      Ab 
 When president Kennedy died 
     Eb                         Ab 
 She said it was the communists 
            Bb      Ab 
 But I knew better
[Verse]
Eb                   Ab 
 Would they drop the bomb on us 
          Bb                      Ab 
 While we made love on the beach? 
             Eb                         Ab 
 We were the class they couldn't teach 
                Bb 
 'Cause we knew better
[Chorus]
 Bb Ab   Eb                Bb       Ab 
 We were born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Bb       Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties
[Verse]
 Eb             Ab 
 They screamed 
          Bb            Ab 
 When the Beatles sang 
          Eb                                   Ab 
 And they laughed when the King fell down the stairs 
         Bb 
 Oh they should've known better
[Verse]
       Eb               Ab 
 Oh we hated our Aunts 
         Bb                   Ab 
 Then we messed in our pants 
         Eb                                 Ab 
 Then we lost our faith and prayed to the TV 
       Bb 
 Oh we should've known better
[Chorus]
 Bb Ab   Eb                Bb       Ab 
 We were born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Bb       Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties
[Bridge]
Ebm7                                    Ab 
 We freeze like statues on the pages of history 
Ebm7                                Ebm7 Ab 
 Living was never like this when we took all those G.C.E.'s 
 Ebm7                           F#7 F#m 
 Oh, you opened the door for us         and then you turned to dust 
     Bb 
 You don't understand us, so don't reprimand us 
       Bb 
 We're taking the future, we don't need no teacher
[Chorus]
 Eb                Bb       Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Bb       Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Bb       Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties 
 Eb                Db Ab 
 Born, born in the fifties