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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4 Version 6[Play C6 at Am/C] [Verse 1] Am F Em7 When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful G F F#dim A miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical Am F Em7 And all the birds in the trees, well, they'd be singing so happily G F F#dim Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully, watching me [Verse 2] Am F Em7 But then they sent me away, to teach me how to be sensible G F F#dim Logical, oh, responsible, practical Am F Em7 And then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable G F F#dim Oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical [Bridge] C C6 There are times when all the world's asleep F Bb Bb/A Bb/G Bb/F The questions run too deep for such a simple man C C6 Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned F Bb Bb/A Bb/G Bb/F I know it sounds absurd, but please tell me who I am [Verse 3] Am F Em7 I said, now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical G F F#dim A liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal Am F Em7 Oh, won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable G F F#dim Respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable Oh, take, take, take it, yeah