The Logical Song
Supertramp
[Intro]
|C---- -/G-/Bb--|C---- -/G-/Bb--|C---- -/G-/Bb--|C---- -/G-/Bb--|
[Verse 1]
| (4/4) CmWhen I was young, it seemed /Bbthat | (2/4) AbM7life was so | (4/4) Gm7wonderful
A| Bb miracle, oh, it was | (2/4) Ab6beautiful, | (4/4) F7/Amagical And all the
| Cmbirds in the trees, well, Bbthey'd be | (2/4) AbM7singing so | (4/4) Gm7happily Oh,
| Bbjoyfully, oh, | (2/4) Ab6playfully | (4/4) F7/Awatching me| But then they
| Cmsent me away to teach Bbme | (2/4) AbM7how to be | (4/4) Gm7sensible
| (4/4) BbLogical, oh, res| (2/4) Ab6ponsible, | (4/4) F7/Apractical And then they
| Cmshowed me a world where I Bbcould | (2/4) AbM7be so de| (4/4) Gm7pendable Oh,
| Bbclinical, oh, inte| (2/4) Ab6llectual, | (4/4) F7/Acynical| AThere are times
[Chorus 1]
| Ebwhen all | the world's asleep| Am7b5/EbThe ques| tions run too deep
| AbM7/EbFor such| a simple man| Db>--Fm/C> ----| Bbm7>--Db/Ab> -Won't you please,
| Ebplease| tell me what we've learned?| Am7b5/EbI know | it sounds absurd
| AbM7/EbPlease| tell me who I am| Db>--Fm/C> ---Bbm7>| ---Db/Ab> -/Bb-/C-/Db>
| --- Fm/C > --- Bbm7 > | --- Db/Ab > - -I -said-
[Verse 2]
| (4/4) Cmwatch what you say or they'll/Bbbe | (2/4) AbM7calling you a | (4/4) Gm7radical
A | Bbliberal, oh, fa| (2/4) Ab6natical, | (4/4) F7/Acriminal Oh, won't you
| Cmsign up your name? We'd like /Bbto | (2/4) AbM7feel you're ac| (4/4) Gm7ceptable
Res| Bbpectable, oh, pre| (2/4) Ab6sentable, a ve| (4/4) F7/Agetable Oh, | take, take, take it, (↓)yeah
[Interlude] Saxophone solo
|Cm---- ---/Bb-|(2/4) AbM7----|(4/4) Gm7---- ----|Bb---- ----|
|(2/4) Ab6---- ----|(4/4) F7/A---- ----|
|Cm---- ---/Bb-|(2/4) AbM7----|(4/4) Gm7---- ----|Bb---- ----|
|(2/4) Ab6---- ----|(4/4) F7/A---- ----| ---- -But at night,|
[Chorus 2]
| Ebwhen all | the world's asleep| Am7b5/EbThe ques| tions run too deep
| AbM7/EbFor such| a simple man| Db>--Fm/C> ----| Bbm7>--Db/Ab> -Won't you please,
| Eb(Won't you tell me) please| tell me what we've learned?| Am7b5/Eb(Can you hear me?) I know | it sounds absurd
| Ebplease| tell me what we've learned?| Am7b5/EbI know | it sounds absurd
| AbM7/EbPlease| tell me who I am | Db >-- Fm/C > --- Bbm7 > | --- Db/Ab > - /Bb -who/C -I Db >am
|---Fm/C> ---Bbm7>| --- Db/Ab > - /Bb -who/C -I Db >am| >-- Fm/C > --- Bbm7 > | --- Db/Ab > - /Bb -who/C -I Db >am
| --- Fm/C > --- Bbm7 > | --- Db/Ab > - /Bb -who/C -I Db >am| --- Fm/C > --- Bbm7 > | --- Db/Ab > - - >(Whistle)-
[Outro]
| C7---- ----| C7---- --Ooh| C7---- ---Fm>| ---Fm7- -Fm7-Hey
| C7---- ----| C7---- ----| C7---- ---Fm-| ---Eb- ---Ab-|'Cause I was feeling so il-
| C7logical, | C7---- --yeah| C7---- ---Fm>| - -D--d-Fm7 >d--d->d--d--d-
| C7digital --Yeah,| C7one, two, three, five| C7---- ---Fm>| ---Eb> ---Ab>| Oh, oh, oh, oh, ooh
| C7yeah| C7---- ----| C7---- ---Fm>|---Fm7> ->--Ooh, it's getting unbe-
| C7lievable | C7---- --Yeah | C7---- ---Fm-| ---Eb- ---Ab-|---- ----
||: C7---- ----| C7---- ----| C7---- ---Fm>| ---Fm7- -Fm7---
| C7---- ----| C7---- --Yeah | C7---- ---Fm-| ---Eb- ---Ab-|---- ----:||

