Wasnt It A Bit Like Now

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
        F7 F#7 G7        [5X; start to fade 3rd time]

{section: Verse}
 [Bb]       Silly bubbles effervesce

 [F7]       In the mothball smell of a beaded dress
        The "Oh, you kid"s, the marathons

 [Bb]       The ba[F#7]thtub gin, [F7]hungover dawns

 [Bb]       The round-framed picture, the flat straw hat

 [F7]       The long-nosed roadster at a mile a minute flat
        The bell-bottom pants, the fine silk vest
                [N.
 [C].]
        Are all tucked away in her cedar chest

{section: Chorus}
{sot}             (
 [F7])
        Ah-ha-ha   Ah-ha-ha{eot}

 [F7]  [E7]  [F7]
{sot}        Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha  ha-ah-ah{eot}

 [Bb]       Wasn't it a bit like now

 [F7]       Huh Mom, huh Dad?
        Are all the memories really gone

 [Bb]       Gone   of the best darn times

 [F#9]       I'll be[F9]t you ever had

 [Bb]       Instead of "groovy" it was "mean"
        And jeepers, it's wild

 [Eb]       It just doesn't seem[Edim] that different now

 [Bb]
 [A]
 [Ab]       T[G7]he why's are the same, it's just a question of how

 [Eb]       Doesn't it seem a [Edim]little bit like now

 [Bb]
 [A]
 [Ab]       I p[G7]ose this question to your arching brow

 [C7]     [F7]  Huh Mo[Bb]m,   huh Dad?

{section: Bridge}
 [Bb]       Cosmetic progress intensifies

 [F7]       The so-cool look in my baby's eyes
        The far-out kids, the kicks they're on

 [Bb] [N.
 [C].]
        Obsolete sins, new world's dawn

 [Bb]       Three pictures for a quarter in your Carnaby hat

 [F7]       Jet-propelled cars on the Bonneville flats
        Slender legs in their paisley best
            [N.
 [C].]
        All tucked away in her mini-dress

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro to fade]