VERSE:

Em (022000@1)                             Cmaj7 (x32000@1)     Bm7When (x20202@1)I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
  D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)        C#dima (3423xx@1)miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
            Em (022000@1)                               Cmaj7 (x32000@1)    Bm7And (x20202@1)all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)       C#dimjoyfully, (3423xx@1)playfully watching me.

Em (022000@1)                     Cmaj7 (x32000@1)   Bm7But (x20202@1)then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)        C#dimlogical, (3423xx@1)responsible, practical.
         Em (022000@1)                            Cmaj7 (x32000@1) Bm7 (x20202@1)And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)      C#dimclinical, (3423xx@1)intellectual, cynical.

CHORUS:

Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)                     EmThere (022000@1)are times when all the world's asleep,
                      Cmaj7 (x32000@1)
the questions run too deep
                  FAm/E Dm7 Cfor (x32010@1)such a simple man.

Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)                           Em (022000@1)Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
                   Cmaj7 (x32000@1)
I know it sounds absurd
                         FAm/E Dm7 Cbut (x32010@1)please tell me who I am.

VERSE II:

Em (022000@1)                             Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       Bm7Now (x20202@1)watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)      C#dimliberal, (3423xx@1)fanatical, criminal.
          Em (022000@1)                            Cmaj7Won't (x32000@1)you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
  Bm7 (x20202@1)       D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)         C#dimacceptable, (3423xx@1)respectable, presentable, a vegetable!

BRIDGE - sax solo over Verse (x2)

*REPEAT CHORUS

OUTRO - sax solo
E7 Am 
E7 Am G C