|Db   |Db   |Bbm   |Bbm   |

Db     Db
Yeah oh
Bbm    Bbm
Yeah oh

[Chorus]
Db              Db
Treat the youth right
Db                       Bbm
 Instead of putting up a fight!
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right
Db                            Bbm    Bbm
Or you'll be playing with dynamite woah

[Verse 1]
Ab               Ab
 When you go and look for a job
Gb                 Gb
 There was someone giving you a fight
Ab                     Ab
 Like they want you to go and rob
Gb                Gb
 And we know that that's alright
     Ab
Oooh yeah (oooh yeah)
     Ab
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah

[Chorus]
Db              Db
Treat the youth right
Db                       Bbm
 Instead of putting up a fight!
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right
Db                            Bbm
Or you'll be playing with dynamite
Bbm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

[Verse 2]
Ab                Ab
 All the boys and girls of today
Gb               Gb
 Are the men and women of tomorrow
Ab                Ab
 Take heed of the words that I say
Gb                    Gb
 Or your days will be filled with sorrow
     Ab
Oooh yeah (oooh yeah)
     Ab
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah

[Chorus]
Db              Db
Treat the youth right
Db                       Bbm
 Instead of putting up a fight!
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right
Db                            Bbm
Or you'll be playing with dynamite
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right (right right right)
Db                       Bbm
 Instead of putting up a fight!
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right
Db                            Bbm    Bbm
Or you'll be playing with dynamite woah

[Instrumental]
|Db   |Db   |Bbm   |Bbm   |  x2

[Verse 3]
Ab                        Ab
 What was hidden from the wise and prudent
Gb                   Gb
 Now revealed to the babes and sucklings
Ab                        Ab
 What was hidden from the high school students
Gb                        Gb
 Now, revealed to the the kids and ducklings
     Ab
Oooh yeah (oooh yeah)
     Ab
Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah

[Chorus]
Db              Db
Treat the youth right
Db                       Bbm
 Instead of putting up a fight!
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right
Db                            Bbm    Bbm
Or you'll be playing with dynamite woah

[Bridge]
Db       Db
Yeah oh (yeah oh)
Bbm      Bbm
Yeah oh (yeah oh)
Db            Db
Yeah yeah oh (yeah yeah yeah oh)
Bbm           Bbm
Yeah yeah oh (yeah yeah yeah oh)

[Instrumental]
|Ab   |Ab   |Gb   |Gb   |  x2
|Ab   |Ab   |

[Chorus]
Db              Db
Treat the youth right
Db                       Bbm
 Instead of putting up a fight!
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right
Db                            Bbm
Or you'll be playing with dynamite
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right (right right right)
Db                       Bbm
 Instead of putting up a fight!
Bbm             Db
Treat the youth right
Db                            Bbm        Bbm
Or you'll be playing with dynamite oh oh oh

[Post-Chorus]
Db       Db
Yeah oh (yeah oh)
Bbm      Bbm
Yeah oh (yeah oh)
Db            Db
Yeah yeah oh (yeah yeah yeah oh)
Bbm           Bbm
Yeah yeah oh (yeah yeah yeah oh)

[Outro]
Db          Db
Woah oh oh (woah waoh oh oh)
Bbm              Bbm
Yeah yeah eh oh (yeah yeah eh oh)
Db         Db
Woah woah (woah waoh)
Bbm      Bbm    Db
Yeah oh (yeah oh)