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A Puzzlement chords by Yul Brynner

  • E

  • G

  • A

  • C

  • D

  • F

  • Fm

  • Dm

  • Am

  • F#

    2
  • Bm

    2
  • Bdim

  • Db

    4
  • Ab

    4
  • Cm

    3
  • Em

  • B

    2
  • F#m

    2
  • Bb

  • C#

    4
Verse 1
E
G
E
G
E
A
When I was a boy,
the world was better spot.
What was so, was so.
What was not, was not.
C
Now I am a man,
world have changed a lot,
G
C
some things nearly so,
E
G
E
others nearly not.
G
C
D
G
C
There are times I almost think
I am not sure
G
of what I absolutely know.
C
Very often find confusion
G
in conclusion I concluded long ago.
In my head are many facts
that as a student
C
F
Fm
I have studied to procure.
C
G
In my head are many facts
of which I wish I was more certain.
Dm
G
C
G
D
G
I was sure. is
C
G
C
G
a puzzlement.
E
A
Am
Shall I join with other na
G
D
tions in alliance?
F
Am
If allies are weak,
C
F#
am I not best alone?
Bm
A
If allies are strong with power
E
G
to protect me,
D
Bdim
E
might they not protect me out of all I own?
Dm
Is a danger to be trusting one another?
Db
Dm
One will seldom want to
C
do what other wishes
But unless someday
G
C
somebody trusts somebody
Ab
G
There'll be nothing left on earth
C
G
excepting fishes
C
There are times I almost
think nobody's sure
G
of what he absolutely needs
C
Everybody find confusion in conclusion
G
he concluded long ago
Can it puzzle me to learn
C
that though a man may be in doubt
F
Cm
Fm
of what he knows
G
C
Very quickly will he fight,
Em
Am
C
G
D
A
D
he'll fight to prove that what he does not know is so
A
Oh, sometimes I think that
people going mad
Oh, sometimes I think that
B
people not so bad
E
Em
But no matter what I think,
F#m
I must go on living life
A
F#m
A
F#m
A
As leader of my kingdom,
Bb
I must go forth
Each father to my children,
and husband to each wife,
D
G
et cetera, et cetera, and so forth.
If my Lord in heaven would I show the way,
C#
Every day I'd try to live another day.
F#m
If my Lord in heaven would
B
I show the way,
Every day I'd do my best for
B
F#m
one more day.
But Is a puzzlement!
A
N/A
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