G
You can go to war when your 18
     C
But, you can't buy a beer
G
You can launch missles from a submarine
         A                   D
But, you can't buy a pistol, here
        G
You can breathe chemical weapon fumes
     C
But, they don't want you to smoke
                G
So, when you're shootin' up a car in Baghdad
      D             G
Don't order a Rum & Coke

G
You can have sex when you're 17
         C
You just can't have a cigarette
          G
You ain't old enough for a slot-machine
      A                   D
Or to lay down a football bet
             G
But, they'll take you at the clinic when you're 15
         C
And your folks don't have to know
           G
Or you can take Penicillin
                                D             G
Just don't watch people gettin' naked on vide o

C
You can be governor at at 21
     G
Or a president at 35
You can be the senator from South Carolina
   A                    D
If you can just stay al ive
        G
They'll throw you in with sharks when your 12 years old
    C
And teach you to scubadive
                 G
But, when you're 94, and can't see anymore more
D                     G
They'll still let you drive

     C
Just don't get caught with no beer in your hand
   G
If you just turned 18
They don't mind you ownin' a big old torch
      A               D
And a gallon of gasol ine
         G
You just can't buy smokes at the liquor store
   C
Or ya'll will both go to jail
             G
But, they'll sell you the rope
So you can hang yourself
             D                      D
While you're listenin' to Nine Inch Nails

       G
It's a sorry world
It's a sorry world
                        C
It's a sorry world when you can raise youngens
         D                     G
But, you can't smoke a Marlbor o

       G
It's a sorry world
It's a sorry world
                               C
It's a sorry world when you're 17
         D                      G
But, you can't call a call-girl