Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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

Verse

  Silly bubbles effervesce

  In the mothball smell of a beaded dress

The "Oh, you kid"s, the marathons

  The bathtub gin, hungover dawns

  The round-framed picture, the flat straw hat

  The long-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 best darn times

  I'll bet you ever had

  Instead of "groovy" 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 question of how

  Doesn't it seem a little bit like now

  I pose this question to your arching brow

  Huh Mom, huh Dad?

Bridge

  Cosmetic progress intensifies

  The so-cool look in my baby's eyes

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

  Obsolete sins, new world's dawn

  Three pictures 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