(intro)

  E
The way we're living
F#
makes no sense
    Ebm
Take me back to the
    G#m
age of innocence
E         F#
  I want to go back then
    Ebm
Take me back to the
    G#m
age of innocence
Back to the age
     Ebm
of innocence

(interlude)  G#m  E  B  F#  G#m  E  Ebm

(verse 1)
  G#m
When flaws were fixed
  E
by laws and books
  B
When singers wrote
     Ebm
songs instead of hooks
    G#m
When the value wasn't
E
in the price
    Ebm
When the fight for life
was in the civil right
    G#m
When you couldn't live
           E
life through a screen
           B
When everything you knew
          Ebm
was as good as it seems
       G#m
When the only worry was
         E
the concept of sin
       Ebm
When did it begin?

(chorus)
  E       F#
I wonder if I could
      Ebm      G#m
go back to old Hollywood
  E
When presidents dropped
F#
blonde bombshells
  Ebm
Instead of creating
  G#m
the perfect hell
  E
The way we're living
F#
makes no sense
    Ebm
Take me back to the
    G#m
age of innocence
E         F#
  I want to go back then
    Ebm
Take me back to the
    G#m
age of innocence
Ebm
Back to the age
of innocence

(interlude) G#m  E  B  F#  G#m  E  Ebm

(verse 2)
     G#m
When pharmaceuticals weren't
           E
there to make life beautiful
    B
When the way that we were born
       Ebm
was more than suitable
     G#m
When everybody thought that
           E
they could make a difference
    B
And you couldn't get your
              (hold)
fix within an instant

(repeat chorus)

(interlude 2x)  G#m    C#m    F#    Ebm

(bridge)
  E
I wanna get older
       F#
Don't wanna fight my age
  G#m
Now take me back
     Ebm
to the simpler days
  E       F#     G#m
I wonder how it all happened
  E
I wanna get older
       F#
Don't wanna fight my age
       G#m
Don't wanna be the prey
     Ebm
to the scalpel's blade
  E         F#
Now please tell me please
     Ebm
tell me, whatever happened

(repeat chorus)
(repeat bridge)