Verse 1
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [F7/A]
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [Am7b5]
Joyfully, playfully watching me.
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [F7/A]
Logical, responsible, practical.
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [Am7b5]
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.
Chorus
[Eb] [Am7b5/Eb]
There are times when all the world's asleep,
[Abmaj7/Eb]
The questions run too deep
[Db] [Dbmaj7/C] [Bbm7] [Bbm7/Ab]
For such a simple man.
[Eb] [Am7b5/Eb]
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
[Abmaj7/Eb]
I know it sounds absurd
[Db] [Dbmaj7/C] [Bbm7] [Bbm7/Ab]
But please tell me who I am.
Verse 2
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [F7/A]
Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [F7/A]
Respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
Instrumental
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [F7/A]
[Cm] [Abmaj7] [Gm7]
[Bb] [Fm7/Ab] [F7/A]
Chorus
[Eb] [Am7b5/Eb]
At night, when all the world's asleep,
[Abmaj7/Eb]
The questions run so deep
[Db] [Dbmaj7/C] [Bbm7] [Bbm7/Ab]
For such a simple man.
[Eb] [Am7b5/Eb]
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
[Abmaj7/Eb]
I know it sounds absurd
[Db] [Dbmaj7/C] [Bbm7] [Bbm7/Ab]
But please tell me who I am.
[Db] [Dbmaj7/C] [Bbm7] [Bbm7/Ab]
Who I am.
[Db] [Dbmaj7/C] [Bbm7] [Bbm7/Ab]
Who I am.
[Db] [Dbmaj7/C] [Bbm7] [Bbm7/Ab]
Who I am.
Outro
[C7] [C7] [C7] [Fm]
[C7] [C7] [C7] [Fm] [Eb] [Abmaj7]
