The Kids Aren't Alright Tab par Offspring

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When we were young the future was so bright Woah-oh!
                                 C#
The old neighborhood was so alive Woah-oh!
                                      G#
And every kid on the whole damn street Woah-oh!

Was gonna make it big and not be beat

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Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn Woah-oh!
                                              C#
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn Woah-oh!
                         G#
How can one little street

Swallow so many lives

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Chances thrown
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Nothing's free
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Longing for what used to be
           A#m
Still it's hard
        F#
Hard to see
        C#               G#
Fragile lives, shattered dreams

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Jamie had a chance, well she really did Woah-oh!
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Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Woah-oh!
C#
Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job
G#
Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

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Jay committed suicide Woah-oh!
                     
Brandon OD'd and died Woah-oh!
C#
What the hell is going on
G#
cruelest dream, reality

        A#m
Chances thrown
          F#
Nothing's free
        C#               G#
Longing for what used to be
           A#m
Still it's hard
        F#
Hard to see
        C#               G#
Fragile lives, shattered dreams

        A#m
Chances thrown
          F#
Nothing's free
        C#               G#
Longing for what used to be
           A#m
Still it's hard
        F#
Hard to see
        C#               G#
Fragile lives, shattered dreams