My Generation Chords – The Who

Intro

   G G G G  G/F G/F G/F G/G    G
||        |              ||x2

Verse

                            G        G G     G  G/F     G/F G/F G/F
People try to put us d-down (Talkin'   'bout my gen-er-     a-  tion)
Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

Chorus

           G         Gsus4 G7 Gsus4
This is my generation
           G           Gsus4 G7 Gsus4 G
This is my generation, baby

Verse

Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

Chorus

           G         Gsus4 G7 Gsus4
This is my generation
           G           Gsus4 G7 Gsus4 G
This is my generation, baby

bass solo

  G       G G G6 G6 G7 G7 G6 G6     G
||  |   |         |           ||x4

modulate to A

   A A A A  A/G A/G A/G A/G    A
||        |              ||x2

Verse

Why don't you all f-fade away (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
And don't try to d-dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm not trying to cause a b-big s-s-sensation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I'm just talkin' 'bout my g-g-generation (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

Chorus

           A         Asus4
This is my generation
           A           Asus4
This is my generation, baby

[modulate to B]b             x2
Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb/Ab Bb

Verse

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we g-g-get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Yeah, I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

Chorus

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

[modulate to C for finale]   repeat to end

C F/C

C C C C C/Bb C/Bb C/Bb C/Bb