Younger Generation chords by The Lovin' Spoonful
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Verse 1
(C major) Why must every generation think
their folk (D minor) s are square
And no (G major) matter where their heads are
they know mo (C major) m's ain't there
'Cause I swore when I was small
that I'd remem (G major) ber when (D minor)
I (G major) knew what's wrong with them
that I was smaller then (C major)
Verse 2
(C major)
Determined to remember
all (G major) the cardinal rules (D minor)
Like (G major) sun showers are legal
grounds (E minor) for (C major) cutting school
I know I have forgotten (G major) maybe one or two (D minor)
And I (G major) hope that I recall them all
be (C major) fore the baby's due
And I (D minor) know he'll (A minor) have a
(G major) question or two (C major) (G major) (C major)
Like (F major) "hey
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Verse 3
(G major) Pop, can (C major) I go ride (G major) my zoom (A minor)
It goes (D minor) two hundred miles (G major) an hour
(C major) suspended (G major) on bal (A minor) loons
And (D minor) can I put a droplet (G major) of this
(C major) new stuff (G major) on my tongue (A minor)
And ima (D minor) gine frothing dragons while
you sit and wreck your lungs"
(C major) And I must be permissive, (E minor)
under (A minor) standing of the younger gener (G major) ation
Verse 4
(G major)
Then (C major) I'll know that all
I've learned my (G major) kid assumes
(D minor) And (G major) all my deepest worries
must be his (C major) cartoons
And still I'll try to tell them him all
the thing (G major) s I've done (D minor)
Re (G major) lating to what he can do
when (C major) he becomes a man
And (D minor) still he'll stick his (G major) fingers in the fan (C major)
And (F major) "Hey,
Verse 5
(G major) Pop,
my girl (C major) friend's (G major) only three (A minor)
She's got (D minor) her own (G major) videophone and she's
(C major) taking (G major) L.S.D. (A minor)
And now (D minor) that we're best friends (G major)
she wants to (C major) give a bit (G major) to me (A minor)
But (D minor) what's the matter Daddy,
how come you're (A minor) turning green? (D minor)
Can it (F major) be that you can't
live up to your dreams?"
Younger Generation
The Lovin' Spoonful
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