Artist: The Lovin' Spoonful Song: Younger Generation A simple, sweet song. e|------------------| B|------------------| G|------------------| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|---------------3--| Cmaj7 e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0-----| G|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0-----| D|------2-----2--2--|------2-----2--2--|------2-----2--2--|------2-----2-----| A|--3---------------|--3---------------|--3---------------|---3--------------| E|---------3--------|---------3--------|---------3--------|----------3-------| Why must Cmaj7 Dm7 e|------------------|------------------|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--| D|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--|---0--------------|---0--------------| A|---3--------------|---3--------------|-----------0------|-----------0------| E|-----------3------|-----------3------|------------------|------------------| every generation think their folks are square? G7 Cmaj7 e|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|------------------|------------------| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|------0-----0--0--|-------0-------0--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|------0-----0--0--|-------0-------0--| D|-----------2------|---3-------2------|------2-----2--2--|-------2-------2--| A|------------------|------------------|---3--------------|---3--------------| E|---3--------------|------------------|---------3--------|-----------3------| And no matter where their heads are, they know moms ain't there Cause I Cmaj7 Dm7 e|------------------|------------------|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--| D|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--|---0--------------|---0--------------| A|---3--------------|---3--------------|-----------0------|-----------0------| E|-----------3------|-----------3------|------------------|------------------| swore when I was small, that I'd remember when I G7 Cmaj7 e|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|------------------|------------------| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0--0--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0--0--| D|-----------2------|---3-------2------|------2-----2--2--|------2-----2--2--| A|------------------|------------------|---3--------------|---3--------------| E|---3--------------|------------------|---------3--------|---------3--------| knew what's wrong with them, that I was smaller then Cmaj7 e|------------------|------------------| B|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0-----| G|------0-----0--0--|------0-----0-----| D|------2-----2--2--|------2-----2-----| A|---3--------------|---3--------------| E|---------3--------|----------3-------| Det- Cmaj7 Dm7 e|------------------|------------------|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--| D|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--|---0--------------|---0--------------| A|---3--------------|---3--------------|-----------0------|-----------0------| E|-----------3------|-----------3------|------------------|------------------| ermined to remember all the cardinal rules, Like G7 Cmaj7 e|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|------------------|------------------| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--| D|-----------2------|---3-------2------|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--| A|------------------|------------------|---3--------------|---3--------------| E|---3--------------|------------------|-----------3------|-----------3------| sunshowers are legal grounds for cutting school I Cmaj7 Dm7 e|------------------|------------------|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--| D|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--|---0--------------|---0--------------| A|---3--------------|---3--------------|-----------0------|-----------0------| E|-----------3------|-----------3------|------------------|------------------| know I have forgotten maybe one or two And I G7 Cmaj7 e|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|------------------|------------------| B|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--| G|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--| D|-----------2------|---3-------2------|-------2-------2--|-------2-------2--| A|------------------|------------------|---3--------------|---3--------------| E|---3--------------|------------------|-----------3------|-----------3------| hope that I recall them all before the baby's due And I Dm7 G7 C Fmaj7 C e|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------0--| B|-------1-------1--|-------0-------0--|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--| G|-------2-------2--|-------0-------0--|-------0-------2--|-------0-------0--| D|---0--------------|-----------0------|---------2h3------|-0h2--------------| A|-----------0------|------------------|---3--------------|-----------3------| E|------------------|---3--------------|------------------|------------------| know he'll have a question or two Like, Chorus: F F/E G7 C C/B Am Hey, pop, can I go ride my zoom? F G It goes two hundred miles an hour, C C/B Am Suspended on balloons F G C C/B Am And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue? Dm D7 And imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs? C C/B And I must be permissive, Am Am/G Understanding of the younger generation G7 e|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|-------1-------1--|-------1--------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--------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------| Cmaj7 And then I'll know that all I've learned Dm7 My kid assumes G7 And all my deepest worries Cmaj7 Must be his cartoons, Cmaj7 And still I'll try to tell him Dm7 All the things I've done G7 Relating to what he can do Cmaj7 When he becomes a man Dm7 And still, he'll stick his fingers in the fan. F F/E G7 C C/B Am And hey, pop, my girlfriend's only three, F G She's got her own videophone, C C/B Am And she's taking LSD F G And now that we're best friends, C C/B Am She wants to give a bit to me Dm But what's the matter, daddy, D7 How come you're turning green? F F/E F/D F/C G7 Can 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