Intro: D G D G A G A D

D       G           D    G
I don't bother with many things,
  D            G             A
I don't feel strongly about issues.
    D        G          D               G
And I don't notice when people kind of walk on me,
      D        G             Bm
'Cause I don't pay too much attention.


 D               G
I'm just like my father was,
 D                 G
Dad, he's like his father was,
D                   G
Mom , she's like her mother was,
A                  D
That's the way it is.


( D )    G             D       G
Everything's always coming around again,
D          G               A
just like music is, like fashion.
D        G          D      G
I don't know what my generation is,
D            G                A
What have we created for our children?
D           G      D               G
We've just made a lot of smog and names for dogs,
    D            G             Bm
We shouldn't be proud to pass along.


 D               G
I'm just like my father was,
 D                 G
Dad, he's like his father was,
D                   G
Mom , she's like her mother was,
A                  D
That's the way it is.


     G                  D                 A                 D
You'd think that we'd learn from all our past generation's art,
     G                         A
But kids just like to play the part.
    G                            A
No, kids  don't care about their father's art, their father's art.


          D                    G
But we're all kind of like our fathers were,
D                  G
Dad, he's like his father was,
D                  G
Mom , she's like her mother was,
A                 D
That's the way it is.
A  G  A                 D
Oooh, that's the way it is.