(intro)

    E5
The way we?re living
F#5
makes no sense
        Eb5
Take me back to the
       G#5
age of innocence
E5           F#5
  I want to go back then
        Eb5
Take me back to the
       G#5
age of innocence
Back to the age
       Eb5
of innocence

(interlude)  G#5  E5  B5  F#5  G#5  E5  Eb5

(verse 1)
     G#5
When flaws were fixed
   E5
by laws and books
     B5
When singers wrote
         Eb5
songs instead of hooks
         G#5
When the value wasn't
E5
in the price
         Eb5
When the fight for life
was in the civil right
         G#5
When you couldn't live
                E5
life through a screen
                    B5
When everything you knew
                  Eb5
was as good as it seems
              G#5
When the only worry was
               E5
the concept of sin
              Eb5
When did it begin?

(chorus)
  E5           F#5
I wonder if I could
           Eb5      G#5
go back to old Hollywood
     E5
When presidents dropped
F#5
blonde bombshells
   Eb5
Instead of creating
    G#5
the perfect hell
    E5
The way we?re living
F#5
makes no sense
        Eb5
Take me back to the
       G#5
age of innocence
E5           F#5
  I want to go back then
        Eb5
Take me back to the
       G#5
age of innocence
Eb5
Back to the age
of innocence

(interlude) G#5  E5  B5  F#5  G#5  E5  Eb5

(verse 2)
           G#5
When pharmaceuticals weren't
                   E5
there to make life beautiful
         B5
When the way that we were born
              Eb5
was more than suitable
          G#5
When everybody thought that
                  E5
they could make a difference
        B5
And you couldn't get your
              (hold)
fix within an instant

(repeat chorus)

(interlude 2x)  G#5    C#5    F#5    Eb5

(bridge)
  E5
I wanna get older
            F#5
Don't wanna fight my age
    G#5
Now take me back
       Eb5
to the simpler days
  E5             F#5     G#5
I wonder how it all happened
  E5
I wanna get older
            F#5
Don't wanna fight my age
            G#5
Don't wanna be the prey
        Eb5
to the scalpel's blade
    E5              F#5
Now please tell me please
       Eb5
tell me, whatever happened

(repeat chorus)
(repeat bridge)