14 Chords used in the song: Cm, Abmaj7, Gm7, Bb, Fm7/Ab, F7/A, Am7, Eb, Db, Dbmaj7/C, Bbm7, Bbm7/Ab, C7, Fm
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[Verse 1]
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
Bb Fm7/Ab Am7-5
Joyfully, playfully watching me.
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
Logical, responsible, practical.
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
Bb Fm7/Ab Am7-5
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.
[Chorus]
Eb Am7-5/Eb
There are times when all the world's asleep,
Abmaj7
The questions run too deep
Db Dbmaj7/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
For such a simple man.
Eb Am7-5/Eb
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
Abmaj7
I know it sounds absurd
Db Dbmaj7/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
But please tell me who I am.
[Verse 2]
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're acceptable
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
Respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
[Instrumental]
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
Cm Abmaj7 Gm7
Bb Fm7/Ab F7/A
[Chorus]
Eb Am7-5/Eb
At night, when all the world's asleep,
Abmaj7
The questions run so deep
Db Dbmaj7/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
For such a simple man.
Eb Am7-5/Eb
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
Abmaj7
I know it sounds absurd
Db Dbmaj7/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
But please tell me who I am.
Db Dbmaj7/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
Who I am.
Db Dbmaj7/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
Who I am.
Db Dbmaj7/C Bbm7 Bbm7/Ab
Who I am.
[Outro]
C7 C7 C7 Fm
C7 C7 C7 Fm Eb Abmaj7
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About this song: The Logical Song
"The Logical Song" is a hit single on Supertramp's 1979 album Breakfast in America and written and sung by band member Roger Hodgson. It is one of the band's most recognized songs.This simple song makes use of keyboards, castanets, and a guitar break with a strong Beatles influence. The song includes a section of Hodgson "reeling off three- and four-syllable assonances" with a "schoolboy's tongue in cheek". Among the contemporary sound effects in this song are the 'tackled' sound from a Mattel digital football game Read more on Last.fm.