F
We're in trouble all the time.
      Bb           C5         F      Bb C
You read about us all in the papers.
      F
We walk around and bump into
 Bb        C5       F      Bb C
Walls, a blind delegation.
        E
And we ain't afraid of high power,
   Am
We're bullet proof,
           Dm             C
And we've never heard of Eisenhower,
 Bb              F/A        G      C
Missile power, justice or truth.

[Chorus]
            Bb                    A
We're the department of youth,
            Dm                   Dm   Dm/C
Your new department of youth,
            Bb                    A
We're the department of youth,

Just me and youth.

[Fill]
F            Bb     C5

We talk about this whole stupid world,
And still come out laughing,
We never make any sense,
But hell, that never mattered,
But we'll make it
Through our blackest hour,
We're living proof,
And we're never heard of Billy Sunday,
Damon Runyon, manners or couth.

[Chorus]
We're the department of youth,
Your new department of youth,
We're the department of youth,
Just me and youth

[Fill]
F                Bb  C5 x4 (= intro)

[Chorus outro]
We're the department of youth,
The new department of youth,
We're the department of youth,
The new department of youth,

[Reprise]
F                                  Bb C
We're the department of youth, ah ah
                 F       Bb  C
We've got the power,

Riff 1
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B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|---------3-5-3----------|
E|-1-1-3/5-------5--------|

Riff 2
E|------------------------|
B|-6^-6^-6^-6^-5----------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|