Verse 1:

Fm                                                Ab  C#  Ab 
Misery fell on the town when they all lost their looks
Fm                                                              Ab  C#  Ab
They spent all those years with their jobs and their scholarly books
    Bbm         Ab               F#                 F        Bbm      Eb
With no one to share all their thoughts and their worldly to be?s, oh noo
     Fm                                                      Ab  C#  Ab
They got down and prayed a little more for a life that was free


Verse 2:

Fm                                                 Ab  C#  Ab
Altered and changed they insist how reform comes along
   Fm                                                      Ab  C#  Ab
A wise men suggested they work in their smiles, not their love
    Bbm       Ab        F#              F          Bbm     Eb
And all of a sudden it sounds like the town was to be, oh yes
   Fm                                                   Ab 
A happier place where they'll live out their personal dream

            C#  Bb                Eb  
La la la la la, la la la la la la la, 
Ab                C#  Bb                Eb
la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la


Chorus:

E     Eb
Why  oh why this
 Ab           C#             Ab        C#
Town without love, too much faith in above
         E         Eb
Can you see? Can you feel the
 Ab             C#           Ab            C#
Force that it brings, not to worry ?bout things
          Ab           C#          Ab            C#
Just the stars in the sky, all the joy in their time
        E     Eb       Fm
With a hope forrrrr   peace


Fm     Ab  C#  Ab    (2x)
Over melodica instrumental


Verse 3:

Fm                                                 Ab  C#  Ab
First thing they do is to substitute pleasure for pain
Fm                                                      Ab  C#  Ab
Helping themselves figure out there?s so much they can gain
    Bbm           Ab            F#        F            Bbm       Eb
But that can't surrender their chemistry books if they fell, oh well
      Fm                                             Ab
They frolic and take in the love that persistently waits

            C#  Bb                Eb  
La la la la la, la la la la la la la, 
Ab                C#  Bb                Eb
la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la


Chorus:

E     Eb
Why  oh why this
 Ab           C#             Ab        C#
Town without love, too much faith in above
         E         Eb
Can you see? Can you feel the
 Ab             C#           Ab            C#
Force that it brings, not to worry ?bout things
          Ab           C#          Ab            C#
Just the stars in the sky, all the joy in their time
        E     Eb       
With a hope forrrrr   peace


Instrumental:
Ab - C# - Bb - Eb (4x)


End Chorus:

E     Eb
Why  oh why this
 Ab           C#             Ab        C#
Town without love, too much faith in above
         E         Eb
Can you see? Can you feel the
 Ab             C#           Ab            C#
Force that it brings, not to worry ?bout things
           B           E            B            E
Just the stars in the sky, all the joy in their time
 Ab             C#           Ab            C#
All the people that kiss, all the children that wish
          B            E            D              G
All the fresh living flowers that spend all their hours
   Eb           Ab            D         G
Outside in the rain, just so happy you came
        C#           F#          C         F
From so far for so long, with a welcoming song
         E        Eb
Just to say, to saaaay?