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F (133211@1) GIt (320003@1)goes two hundred miles an hour, C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) AmSuspended (x02210@1)on balloons F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue? Dm (xx0231@1) D7And (xx0212@1)imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs? C (x32010@1) C/BAnd (x2555x@1)I must be permissive, Am (x02210@1) Am/GUnderstanding (302210@1)of the younger generation G7e|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|-------1--------1--| (320001@1)B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|------0-------0---|------0--------0---| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|------0-------0---|------0--------0---| D|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|---0-------2------|---3---------------| A|-----------0------|---2-------3------|------------------|-------------------| E|---3--------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| Cmaj7And (x32000@1)then I'll know that all I've learned Dm7 My kid assumes G7And (320001@1)all my deepest worries Cmaj7Must (x32000@1)be his cartoons, Cmaj7And (x32000@1)still I'll try to tell him Dm7 All the things I've done G7Relating (320001@1)to what he can do Cmaj7When (x32000@1)he becomes a man Dm7 And still, he'll stick his fingers in the fan. F (133211@1) F/E (xx2211@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1)AmAnd (x02210@1)hey, pop, my girlfriend's only three, F (133211@1) GShe's (320003@1)got her own videophone, C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1)AmAnd (x02210@1)she's taking LSD F (133211@1) GAnd (320003@1)now that we're best friends, C (x32010@1) C/B (x2555x@1) AmShe (x02210@1)wants to give a bit to me DmBut (xx0231@1)what's the matter, daddy, D7How (xx0212@1)come you're turning green? F (133211@1) F/E (xx2211@1) F/D (153211@1) F/C (133211@1) G7Can (320001@1)it be that you can't live up to your dreams? Cmaj7 332000 Am x02210 Dm7 x00211 Dm x00231 G7 320001 D7 x00212 F x33211 F/D xx0211 F/E xx2011 F/C x33211 C/B x20010