Originally in Gm, I play in Am
Intro (do something like this)
| Am | G | Am |
| → |
| G | F |
| → |
| G | F |
| → |
| G | Am |
| → |
| Am |
| Since I was born they couldn’t hold me down |
| F |
| Another misfit kid, another burned-out town |
| Am |
| I never played by the rules I never really cared |
| F |
| My nasty reputation takes me everywhere |
| G | Am |
| Well I look and see it’s not only me |
| G |
| So many others have stood where I stand |
| F | E |
| We are the young (hey!) so | raise your hands |
| Am | G | Am |
| They call us | problem | child |
| G | F | |
| We spend our | lives on | trial |
| G | F | |
| We walk an | endless | mile |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| G | Am | |
| We stand and | we won’t | fall |
| G | F | |
| We’re one and | one for | all |
| G | F | |
| The writing’s | on the | wall |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| Am |
| Am |
| A boss screamin’ in my ear about who I’m supposed to be |
| F |
| Get a three-piece Wall Street smile and son you’ll look just like me |
| Am |
| I said hey man, there’s something you oughta know |
| F | |
| I tell ya P | ark Avenue leads to Skid Row |
| G | Am |
| Well I look and see it’s not only me |
| G |
| We’re standin’ tall, ain’t never a doubt |
| F | E |
| We are the young (hey!) so | shout it out |
| Am | G | Am |
| They call us | problem | child |
| G | F | |
| We spend our | lives on | trial |
| G | F | |
| We walk an | endless | mile |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| G | Am | |
| We stand and | we won’t | fall |
| G | F | |
| We’re one and | one for | all |
| G | F | |
| The writing’s | on the | wall |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
Let me hear you wail!
Solo
| Bm | G | Bm | G | E |
Band out, drums only
| Am | G | Am |
| They call us | problem | child |
| G | F | |
| We spend our | lives on | trial |
| G | F | |
| We walk an | endless | mile |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| G | Am | |
| We stand and | we won’t | fall |
| G | F | |
| We’re one and | one for | all |
| G | F | |
| The writing’s | on the | wall |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| Am | G | Am |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | F | |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | F | |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| Am | G | Am |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | F | |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | F | |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| G | Am | |
| Yeah ah ah | ah ah | ah |
| G | F | |
| Yeah ah ah | ah ah | ah |
| G | F | |
| Yeah ah ah | ah ah | ah |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |
| Am | G | Am |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | F | |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | F | |
| Whoa oh oh | oh oh | oh |
| G | Am | |
| We are the | youth gone | wild |