Younger Generation Chords & Lyrics - The Lovin' Spoonful

[Cmaj7] 332000 [Am] x02210
[Dm7] x00211 [Dm] x00231
[G7] 320001 [D7] x00212
[F] x33211 [F/D] xx0211
[F/E] xx2011 [F/C] x33211
C/B x20010

[INTRO]

C/G (hit the E string and then the A)

[VERSE]

[Cmaj7]Why must every generation think their fol[Dm7]ks are square?
[G7]And no matter where their heads are, they kn[Cmaj7]ow mom's aint there.
[C]Cause' I swore when I was small, that I'd r[Dm7]emember when,
[G7]I knew what's wrong with them, that I was s[Cmaj7]maller t[C]han.

[Cmaj7]Determined to remember all the c[Dm7]ardinal rules.
[G7]Like, sunshowers are legal grounds, for c[Cmaj7]uttin' school.
[C]I know I have forgotten maybe [Dm7]one or two.
[G7]And I hope that I recall them all before the [Cmaj7]baby's d[C]ue.
And I'll [Dm7]know he'll have [G7]a question or t[C]wo. [Fmaj7] [C]

[CHORUS]

Like, h[F]ey [F/E] [G7]pop. Can [C]I go [C/B]ride my [Am]zoom?
It goes [F]two hundred [G]miles an hour, s[C]uspended [C/B]on balo[Am]ons.
And c[F]an I put a d[G]roplet of this n[C]ew stuff o[C/B]n my t[Am]ounge?
And [Dm]imagine frothing dragons, while you[D7] sit and wreck your lungs.
And [C]I must be per[C/B]missive, unders[Am]tanding of the y[Am/G]ounger generation.

[VERSE]

And [Cmaj7]then I know that all I've learned, my [Dm7]kid assumes.
And [G7]all my deepest worries must be[Cmaj7] his cartoons
And [Cmaj7]still I'll try to tell him all the [Dm7]things I've done,
Re[G7]lating to what he can do when [C]he [Cmaj7]becomes a man
And [Dm7]still he'll stick his [G7]fingers [Cmaj7]in the f[C]an.

[VERSE]

And h[F]ey [F/E] [G7]pop, my g[C]irlfriend's [C/B]only t[Am]hree
She's g[F]ot her own videop[G]hone and she's t[C]aking [C/B]L S [Am]D.
And n[F]ow that were b[G]est friends, she wants to g[C]ive a [C/B]taste to [Am]me
But [Dm]whats the matter daddy? How [D7]come you're turning green?
Can it [F]be that [F/E]you can't [F/D]live up [F/C]to your [G7]dreams?

(BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING IT)