The logical song    (video)    (midi)

 

    Am ~ ~

 

        Am                                              F                Em

1. When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,

         G                             F             D

    a miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical.

                       Am                                       F               Em

    And all the birds in the trees, they’d be singing so happily,

          G                  F            D

    so joyfully, oh, playfully watching me.

 

                           Am                                       F              Em

2. But then they sent me away, to teach me how to be sensible,

     G                      F              D

    logical, oh, responsible, practical.

                      Am                                               F            Em

    And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,

     G                       F          D

    clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical.

 

                     C                                            Am

    There are times when all the world’s asleep,

                                         C                                   Bb    - Dm - Gm

    the questions run too deep for such a simple man.

                        C                                                  Am

    Won’t you please, please, tell me what we’ve learned,

                                     C                                      Bb    - Dm - Gm

    I know it sounds absurd, please tell me who I am.

 

+  Bb  - Dm - Gm

 

                Am                                               F                 Em

3. I said, watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical,

       G                    F           D

    a liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal.

                            Am                                              F                  Em

    Oh, won’t you sign up your name, we’d like to feel you’re acceptable,

           G                        F                 D

    respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+  instrumental = verse 3

 

                  C                                          Am

+  And at night, when all the world’s asleep, the questions run so deep

                                  Bb   - Dm - Gm

    for such a simple man.

                          C                                                  Am

    Won’t you, please, please, tell me what we’ve learned,

                                                                              Bb    - Dm - Gm

    I know it sounds absurd, please tell me who I am !

               Bb  - Dm - Gm             Bb    - Dm - Gm

    Who I am.                    Who I am.

               Bb     - Dm - Gm

    Who I am.

 

+  A - Dm   - A - Dm   - C - F

 

           A        - Dm     A        - Dm  - C - F

+  So logical,           digital !

 

+  A - Dm - A - Dm - C - F (2x) .....

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Supertramp)