G#m - 466444
E -   022100
B -   x24442
F# -  244322
Ebm - x68876
C#m - x46654


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: G#m--C#m--F#--Ebm x2


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