Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

----(Break)

I Want My Tears Back!

Instrumental

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Verse 1

The treetops, the chimneys, the snowbed stories,

 winter grey, wildflowers, those meadows of heaven, wind in the wheat

a railroad across waters, the scent of grandfatherly love

 Blue bayous, Decembers, moon through a dragonfly's wings.

Chorus

Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?

 Where's dear Alice knocking on the door?

 Where's the trapdoor that takes me there

 were the real is shattered by a Mad Marsh Hare.

Chorus 2

Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?

 Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for?

 Before the years take me,

 I wish to see the lost in me.

Post-Chorus:

I Want My Tears Back!

I want my tears back now!

Instrumental

Em--G-D

Em--G-Am-C-Bm

Verse 2

A ballet on a grove, still growing young all alone.

 A rag doll, a best friend, the voice of Mary Costa.

Chorus

Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?

 Where's dear Alice knocking on the door?

 Where's the trapdoor that takes me there

 were the real is shattered by a Mad Marsh Hare.

Chorus 2

Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?

 Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for?

 Before the years take me,

 I wish to see the lost in me. (2x)

Post-Chorus:

I Want My Tears Back!

I want my tears back now!

Interlude

 Main riff: -

Repeat Chorus 2 (2x):

Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?

 Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for?

 Before the years take me,

 I wish to see the lost in me.

Post-Chorus:

I Want My Tears Back!

-- (Break)

I want my tears back now!