Wasnt It A Bit Like Now Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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

Verse

A♯ Silly bubbles effervesce

F7 In the mothball smell of a beaded dress

The "Oh, you kid"s, the marathons

A♯ The baF♯7thtub gin, F7hungover dawns

A♯ 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

Chorus

F7 E7 F7

A♯ Wasn't it a bit like now

F7 Huh Mom, huh Dad?

Are all the memories really gone

A♯ Gone of the best darn times

F♯9 I'll beF9t you ever had

A♯ Instead of "groovy" it was "mean"

And jeepers, it's wild

D♯ It just doesn't seemEdim that different now

A♯

A

G♯ TG7he why's are the same, it's just a question of how

D♯ Doesn't it seem a Edimlittle bit like now

A♯

A

G♯ I pG7ose this question to your arching brow

C7 F7 Huh MoA♯m, huh Dad?

Bridge

A♯ Cosmetic progress intensifies

F7 The so-cool look in my baby's eyes

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

A♯ [N.

C.]

Obsolete sins, new world's dawn

A♯ 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]