Randy Newman

Of a ^D ll of the ^A people ^{G D}
that ^D I used to ^A know ^{G D}
Most ^D never ad ^A justed ^{G D}
to t ^D he great big wo ^A rld ^{G D}
etc.
BRIDGE I
^Bmin All of these people are much ^A brighter than ^G I
In a ^Bmin ny fair system they would ^A flourish and t ^G hrive
But they barely sur ^D vive
They eke out a ^A living
And they ba ^A#dim rely surv ^Bmin ive
Bmin A G D/F# (<- turnaround into first occurence of Bridge II)
Bridge II
A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)
When I was a young boy
A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)
Maybe thirteen
A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)
I took a hard look around me
A (no third) C no third (riff: g c c c d)
and asked what does it mean?
So I t ^D alked to my f ^A ather ^{G D}
and ^D he didn't kn ^A ow. ^{G D}
etc.
(Note: Bridge II repeats after third verse)
(I checked the layout after I pulled this into my news editor,and the
chords and lines seem to match up pretty well. We'll see how well it nets.)