Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

F7 F#7 G7 [5X; start to fade 3rd time]

Verse

Silly bubbles effervesce

In the m othball smell of a beaded dress

The "Oh, you kid"s, the marathons

The bathtub gin, hungover d awns

The r ound-framed picture, the flat straw hat

The l ong-nosed roadster at a mile a minute flat

The bell-bottom pants, the fine silk vest

Are all tucked away in her cedar chest

Chorus

Wasn't it a bit like now

Huh Mom, huh Dad?

Are all the memories really gone

Gone of the b est darn times

I'll bet you ever had

Instead of "g roovy" it was "mean"

And jeepers, it's wild

It just doesn't seem that different now

The why's are the same, it's just a q uestion of how

Doesn't it seem a little bit like now

I pose this question to your a rching brow

Huh Mom, huh Dad?

Bridge

Cos metic progress intensifies

The so-cool look in my baby's eyes

The far-out kids, the kicks they're on

Obso lete sins, new world's dawn

Three p ictures for a quarter in your Carnaby hat

Jet-propelled cars on the Bonneville flats

Slender legs in their paisley best

All tucked away in her mini-dress

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro to fade]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers