CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of Cm)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Bm x24432 G 320033 Em/B x22000
Bm/A x04432 E7/G# 420100 Am7 x02010
Gmaj7 320002 D xx0232 Em 022000
F#m7 242222 D6b5 xx0102 Em7 022030
A x02220 Gmaj7/D xx0002 B7 x21202
C x32010 Bm/D xx0321
[Riff]
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
[Intro]
||: [Bm]/ / / [Bm/A] / | [Bm]/ / / [Bm/A] / :||[x2]
[Verse 1]
W[Bm]hen I was young, it seemed that [Gmaj7]life was so wo[F#m7]nderful,
A mi[A]racle, oh, it was bea[G]utiful, m[E7/G#]agical,
And all the b[Bm]irds in the trees,
Well, they'd be s[Gmaj7]inging so ha[F#m7]ppily,
Oh, joy[A]fully, oh, play[G]fully, wa[E7/G#]tching me!
[Verse 2]
But then they s[Bm]ent me away, to teach me[Gmaj7] how to be se[F#m7]nsible,
Log[A]ical, oh, re - spo[G]nsible, pr[E7/G#]actical,
And they sh[Bm]owed me a world where I could[Gmaj7] be so de - pe[F#m7]ndable,
Oh, cli[A]nical, oh, intel - lec[G]tual, c[E7/G#]ynical!
[Verse 3]
There are t[D]imes when all the world's a - [D6b5]sleep
The questions run too[Gmaj7/D] deep for such a simple m[C]an, [Em/B][Am7][G]
Won't you pl[D]ease, ...please, tell me what we've l[D6b5]earned,
I know it sounds ab -[Gmaj7/D] surd,
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
| [C]/ / [Em/B] / / | [Am7]/ / [G]/ / |
[Verse 4]
I said now, w[Bm]atch what you say,
They'll be c[Gmaj7]alling you a r[F#m7]adical,
A li[A]beral, oh, fan - [Gmaj7]atical, cr[E7/G#]iminal,
Oh, won't you s[Bm]ign up your name,
We'd like to[Gmaj7] feel you're ac - c[F#m7]eptable
Re - spe[A]ctable, oh, pre - s[Gmaj7]entable, a ve[E7/G#]getable,
Oh, take it, take it,...
[Verse 5 - Sax solo]
...Yeah!
||: [Bm]/ / / / | [Gmaj7] / / [F#m7]/ / | / / [A]/ / |
| / / [G]/ / | [E7/G#] / / / / :|| [x2]
[Verse 6]
But at ni[D]ght, when all the world's a - [D6b5]sleep,
The questions run too[Gmaj7/D] deep for such a simple m[C]an,[Em/B][Am7][G]
Won't you pl[D]ease, please, tell me what we've l[D6b5]earned,
I know it sounds ab -[Gmaj7/D] surd,
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G] [C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G] [C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
[Coda - Repeat]
||: [B7]/ / / / | [B7]/ / / / | / / / / | [Em]/ / [Em7] / / |
| [B7]/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [Em]/ / [Bm/D] / / | [G]/ / / / :||
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Bm x24432 G 320033 Em/B x22000
Bm/A x04432 E7/G# 420100 Am7 x02010
Gmaj7 320002 D xx0232 Em 022000
F#m7 242222 D6b5 xx0102 Em7 022030
A x02220 Gmaj7/D xx0002 B7 x21202
C x32010 Bm/D xx0321
[Riff]
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
e |----------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------|----------------------------|
G |---------0--------0---|---------0------------------|
D |------2--------2------|------2-----------------0---|
A |---3--------2---------|---0--------------0-h2------|
E |----------------------|------------3---------------|
[Intro]
||: [Bm]/ / / [Bm/A] / | [Bm]/ / / [Bm/A] / :||[x2]
[Verse 1]
W[Bm]hen I was young, it seemed that [Gmaj7]life was so wo[F#m7]nderful,
A mi[A]racle, oh, it was bea[G]utiful, m[E7/G#]agical,
And all the b[Bm]irds in the trees,
Well, they'd be s[Gmaj7]inging so ha[F#m7]ppily,
Oh, joy[A]fully, oh, play[G]fully, wa[E7/G#]tching me!
[Verse 2]
But then they s[Bm]ent me away, to teach me[Gmaj7] how to be se[F#m7]nsible,
Log[A]ical, oh, re - spo[G]nsible, pr[E7/G#]actical,
And they sh[Bm]owed me a world where I could[Gmaj7] be so de - pe[F#m7]ndable,
Oh, cli[A]nical, oh, intel - lec[G]tual, c[E7/G#]ynical!
[Verse 3]
There are t[D]imes when all the world's a - [D6b5]sleep
The questions run too[Gmaj7/D] deep for such a simple m[C]an, [Em/B][Am7][G]
Won't you pl[D]ease, ...please, tell me what we've l[D6b5]earned,
I know it sounds ab -[Gmaj7/D] surd,
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
Please, tell me who I am-----------!
| [C]/ / [Em/B] / / | [Am7]/ / [G]/ / |
[Verse 4]
I said now, w[Bm]atch what you say,
They'll be c[Gmaj7]alling you a r[F#m7]adical,
A li[A]beral, oh, fan - [Gmaj7]atical, cr[E7/G#]iminal,
Oh, won't you s[Bm]ign up your name,
We'd like to[Gmaj7] feel you're ac - c[F#m7]eptable
Re - spe[A]ctable, oh, pre - s[Gmaj7]entable, a ve[E7/G#]getable,
Oh, take it, take it,...
[Verse 5 - Sax solo]
...Yeah!
||: [Bm]/ / / / | [Gmaj7] / / [F#m7]/ / | / / [A]/ / |
| / / [G]/ / | [E7/G#] / / / / :|| [x2]
[Verse 6]
But at ni[D]ght, when all the world's a - [D6b5]sleep,
The questions run too[Gmaj7/D] deep for such a simple m[C]an,[Em/B][Am7][G]
Won't you pl[D]ease, please, tell me what we've l[D6b5]earned,
I know it sounds ab -[Gmaj7/D] surd,
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G] [C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
Please, tell me who I am----------, who I am-----------,
[C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G] [C] [Em/B] [Am7] [G]
Who I am-----------, who I am-----------, yeah!
[Coda - Repeat]
||: [B7]/ / / / | [B7]/ / / / | / / / / | [Em]/ / [Em7] / / |
| [B7]/ / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [Em]/ / [Bm/D] / / | [G]/ / / / :||