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[Verse 1]
          A                        E                     A                E
Well, I'm witnessing something I'd never have dreamed of even a couple of years ago
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Families screaming and running about, ringing their hands in the sky, singing
 
[Bridge]
A                E
No, no, no, not our generation
A               E
No, no, no, not our generation
A               E
No, no, no, not our generation
A              E
Tell us it's a lie!
 
[Chorus]
E             A    E
We're running out, running out
B                      E
You know we're running out
E             A    E
We're running out, running out
B                      E
You know we're running out
 
[Verse 2]
       A              E                A              E
We are running out of hope, and we are running out of love
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And we're running out of everything that I've been dreaming of
           A              E           A                E
And we are running out of oil, we are low on light and air
          A               E                 A                 B
And we're running out and digging holes and finding nothing there
 
[Chorus]
E             A     E
It just ain't fair, running out
B                      E
You know we're running out
E               A      E
There's nothing there, running out
B                      E
You know we're running out
 
[Verse 3]
         A         E           A          E
Now, the car won't go, and the pool won't heat
          A                         E
And we're eating beans 'cause there ain't no meat
        A                                                      E
And the lamps which once lit up our street no longer light the way
      A     E            A         E
So we go to bed when the sun sinks low
            A       E             A          E
'Cause it's cold at night and the heat won't go
        A          E             A              E
And the television studio closed down the other day
 
[Chorus]
E              A    E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, running out
B                      E
You know we're running out
E              A    E
Hey, hey, hey, hey, running out
B                      E
You know we're running out
 
[Outro]
A                E
No, no, no, not our generation
A               E
No, no, no, not our generation
A               E
No, no, no, not our generation
A              E
Tell us it's a lie!