[(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)