Wasnt It A Bit Like Now

Intro:

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

Verse:

        Bb
        Silly bubbles effervesce
                F7
        In the mothball smell of a 
beaded dress
        The "Oh, you kid"s, the 
marathons
             Bb          Gb7    
        The bathtub gin, hungover 
   F7
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

Chorus:

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             (F7)
        Ah-ha-ha   Ah-ha-ha
                        F7 E7 F7
        Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha  ha-ah-ah
                             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
             Gb9          F9
        I'll bet you ever had

                     Bb
        Instead of "groovy" it was 
"mean"
        And jeepers, it's wild
        Eb                        
        It just doesn't seem that 
Edim
different now
            Bb             /A     
        The why's are the same, 
   /Ab     G7
it's just a question of how
        Eb                      
        Doesn't it seem a little bit
Edim
 like now
           Bb        /A     /Ab  
        I pose this question to 
     G7
your arching brow
            C7  F7     Bb
        Huh Mom,   huh Dad?

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