Anthem For The Year 2000 Chords
by Silverchair
Anthem For The Year 2000 by Silverchair is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, B, A, E, F, C and D#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
TUNING - Dropped D (tune low E down one whole step)
KEY
/ - slide up
- slide down
~ - vibrato/trill note
^(#) - bend
X - scrape muted string
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INTRO
Drums kick in, feedback
(played faintly, in background, with wah in closed position)
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|--9-9-8-8-7-7-6--|
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GTR 1
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
GTR 2 (distortion)
GTR 3 (with tremolo effect)
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|--/7---------------------|--5--/7------------------|
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GTR 1
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
GTR 2 (distortion)
GTR 3 (with tremolo effect)
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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5---------------|---------7------9--------|
|--5--/7-------0----------|--5--/7----0-------------|
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VERSE
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|------ REST -----|-------------------------|
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|-------------------------|--------------------X----|
We are the youth, we'll take your fascism away
We are the youth, apologise for another day
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|-------X----X----------X-|---------------------X---|
feedback
We are the youth, and politicians are so sure
We are the youth, and we are knocking on death's door
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CHORUS
GTR 1
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so sure
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so small
GTR 2 (distortion)
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|--/7*--------------------|--5--/7*-----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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*(the signal is cut off while holding these notes)
GTR 1
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
GTR 2 (distortion)
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|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------5----7----------|---------7------9--------|
|--5--/7-------0----------|--5--/7----0-------75---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Never knew we were living in a world and the world is an open court
Maybe we don't want to live in a world where innocence is so short
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BREAK
GTR 1 (wah closed)
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|--7----1----------------|
We'll make it up to you in the year 2000 with...
(wah half open)
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------5-----5-----|--5-------4-----5-----|
|--/7-------5-----3--|----/7-------5-----3--|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
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VERSE (with wah half open)
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|--5------5-------5-----|--5-----------4------5-----|
|-----/7~-----5~-----3--|-----5^(1/2)-----5~-----3--|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so sure
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so small
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|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--5-----------5------5-----|--5-----------5------5-----|
|-----5^(1/2)-----5~-----3--|-----5^(1/2)-----5~-----3--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Never knew we were living in a world and the world is an open court
Maybe we don't want to live in a world where innocence is so short
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CHORUS
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
We'll make it up to you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000
Make it up to you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000 with you...
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BRIDGE
GTR 1
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|-------5------|-------5----|
|--7-7--5-0-0--|--7-7--5-0--|
|--7-7--3-0-0--|--7-7--3-0--|
|--7-7----0-0--|--7-7----0--|
GTR 2 (with closed wah)
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|-------3------|-------3----|
|--7-7----0-0--|--7-7----0--|
GTR 3 (with wah)
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|--9--10--12---|--9---------|
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
(tremolo pick)
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VERSE
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|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|--7----/8----/10---------|--/7----/8--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------/9^(slightly)~--|
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|----------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------/7--/9--7--/9--/10--/12---|
|--/7----/8----/10-----------------------------|
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Never knew we were living in a world with a world that could be so sure
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so small
Never knew we were living in a world and the world is an open court
Maybe we don't want to live in a world, world who cares at all
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CHORUS 3X
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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
We'll make it up to you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000
Make it hard for you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000
Make it hard for you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000 with you...
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OUTRO
GTR 1
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|--------------|--------------|
|-------5------|-------5------|
|--7-7--5-0-0--|--7-7--5-0-0--|
|--7-7--3-0-0--|--7-7--3-0-0--|
|--7-7----0-0--|--7-7----0-0--|
GTR 2 (with closed wah)
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|-------3------|-------3------|
|--7-7----0-0--|--7-7----0-0--|
GTR 3 (with wah)
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|-X-9-9--------|-/X--9------|
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
|--------------|------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
(tremolo pick)
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Transcribed by Denis Bourdon ([email protected])
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Tablature explanation
b : bend
s : slide
h : hammer-on
p : pull-off
x : muffled string
P.M.: palm mute
Dropped-D tuning
{0:00} "studio sounds"
{0:17} drums in
{0:28} guitars in - main riff
rhythm guitar
B B A B A B E F C D E E B B A B A B E F C D E E
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
D|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
A|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
E|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
lead guitar
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-s7---------------------|--5-5h7-----------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
rhythm guitar
B B A B A B E F C D E E B B A B A B E F C D E E
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
D|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
A|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
E|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
lead guitar
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------5---7-----------|---------9-----11-------|
|--5-5h7---0-------------|--5-5h7-----0-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
{0:50} Verse - guitars out
We are the youth, we'll take your fascism away
We are the youth, apologise for another day
We are the youth, and politicians are so sure
We are the youth, and we are knocking on death's door
{1:11} Chorus
rhythm guitar
B B A B A B E F C D E E B B A B A B E F C D E E
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| x3
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
D|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
A|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
E|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
lead guitar
|--------------------------||------------------------------|| x3
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|--------------------------||-o--------------------------o-||
|--------------------------||-o-------5------------------o-||
|-/7--------7--------------||----5-5h7---------------------||
|--------------------------||------------------------------||
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so sure
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so small
Never knew we were living in a world and the world is an open court
Maybe we don't want to live in a world where innocence is so short
{1:33} Break
A D#
|-------|
|-------|
|-------|
|-7---1-|
|-7---1-|
|-7---1-|
We'll make it up to you in the year 2000 with...
{1:39} Lead part
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|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|
|-----5---5---|-5-----4---5---|
|-5s7---5---3-|---5s7---5---3-|
|-------------|---------------|
{1:49} Verse
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||-o-------------------o-||
||-o-------5----5---5--o-||
||----5b6-----5---3------||
||-----------------------||
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so sure
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so small
Never knew we were living in a world and the world is an open court
Maybe we don't want to live in a world where innocence is so short
{2:11} Chorus
B B A B A B E F C D E E B B A B A B E F C D E E
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| x4
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
D|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
A|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
E|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
We'll make it up to you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000
Make it up to you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000 with you...
{2:32} Bridge
B C D
||-----------|-----------|| x2
||-----------|-----------||
||-o---------|---------o-||
||-o--7-7----|-10-0-0--o-||
||----7-7----|-10-0-0----||
||----7-7----|-10-0-0----||
{2:43} 2nd lead part
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|--------------------------9-10-12-14-|
|-7-8-10--7-8-5--7-8-10-12------------|
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Never knew we were living in a world with a world that could be so sure
Never knew we were living in a world with a mind that could be so small
Never knew we were living in a world and the world is an open court
Maybe we don't want to live in a world, world who cares at all
{3:16} Chorus
B B A B A B E F C D E E B B A B A B E F C D E E
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| x6
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------5-------|---------------------5-------|
D|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--5-3-0-0-|
A|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3--3-3-0-0-|
E|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|--7-7--5-7-5-7--2-3----3-0-0-|
{3:48} End
B C D
||-----------|-----------|| x2
||-----------|-----------||
||-o---------|---------o-||
||-o--7-7----|-10-0-0--o-||
||----7-7----|-10-0-0----||
||----7-7----|-10-0-0----||
We'll make it up to you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000
Make it hard for you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000
Make it hard for you in the year 2000
Build it up for you in the year 2000 with you...