Key: Cm
Introduction:
Cm Ab7M Gm7
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
Cm Ab7M Gm7
And all the birds in the trees, well they' d be singing so happily,
Bb Fm7/Ab Am7(b5)
Joyfully, playfully watching me.
Cm Ab7M Gm7
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
Logical, responsible, practical.
Cm Ab7M Gm7
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
Bb Fm7/Ab Am7(b5)
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.
Eb Am7-5/Eb
There are times when all the world' s asleep,
Ab7M
The questions run too deep
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For such a simple man.
Eb Am7-5/Eb
Won' t you please, please tell me what we' ve learned
Ab7M
I know it sounds absurd
Db Db7M/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
But please tell me who I am.
Cm Ab7M Gm7
Now watch what you say or they' ll be calling you a radical,
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Cm Ab7M Gm7
Won' t you sign up your name, we' d like to feel you' re acceptable
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
Respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
Eb Am7-5/Eb
At night, when all the world' s asleep,
Ab7M
The questions run so deep
Db Db7M/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
For such a simple man.
Eb Am7-5/Eb
Won' t you please, please tell me what we' ve learned
Ab7M
I know it sounds absurd
Db Db7M/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
But please tell me who I am.
Db Db7M/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
Who I am.
Db Db7M/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
Who I am.
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Who I am.