Simple Plan - Generation: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Generation" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A#          Gm
I'm sick of all this waiting
A#                         Gm
And people telling me what I should be
A#          Gm
What if I'm not so crazy?
A#                           Gm
Maybe you're the one who's wrong, not me

     D#            F                  Gm
So what you gonna do, what you gonna say
            D#          F                Gm
When we're standing on top and do it our way?
    D#             F
You say we got no future
                      Gm
You're living in the past
    D#
So listen up, that's my generation

Chorus:
Gm       D#
(Hey ho, let's go!)
F
It's going down tonight
Gm       D#
(Hey ho, let's go!)
F                          Gm
We're gonna do it until we die
       D# Fm                      D#
'Cause I, I, I got no reason to apologize
  F
That's my generation

I don't need to say I'm sorry
I do what everybody wants to do
It's not so complicated
'Cause I know you want the same thing, too

So what you gonna, what you gonna say
When we're standing on top and do it our way?
You say we got no future
You're living in the past
So listen up, that's my generation

Chorus

Gm
Listen
A#            Gm
Don't need to say I'm sorry
A# Gm
     Ohh, ooh
A#           Gm
It's not so complicated
A#                          Gm
'Cause I know you want the same thing, too

Chorus:
(Hey ho, let's go!)
It's going down tonight
(Hey ho, let's go!)
We're gonna do it until we die
(Hey ho, let's go!)
'Cause I, I, I got no reason to apologize
That's my generation
(Hey ho, let's go!)
That's my generation
(Hey ho, let's go!)
We're gonna do it until we die
(Hey ho, let's go!)
'Cause I, I, I got no reason to apologize
That's my generation


You can simplify chords by removing barre

Transpose

Reset

Font Size

Reset

Simplify chords by removing barre

Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Generation" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Generation" by Simple Plan.