[D] Back when my hair was short, I was a high-tone sport
[Bm] Wore pointed shoes and pink pants
[G] Drank till my eyes were red, [E7] hid Playboy 'neath my bed
[A7] Slicked my "D.A." for the dance.

[D] Back when my hair was short, I met some friends in court
[Bm] For stealing hubcaps from cars
[G] Chain smoking under the [E7] stars
[A7] Played all-night pinball in bars
And dreamed about [Bm] love. We were [Gbm]experts on [B7] love
[Em] We talked our [A7] way all a- [D] round it
[Bm] And even if we had [Gbm] found it we couldn't res- [B] pond

[D] Slowly I changed my ways, college and longhair days
[Bm] Seeing three concerts a week
An [G] honest-to-God hippie [E7] freak
[A7] Too busy eating to speak,
Except about [Bm] love. We held [Gbm] rallies for [B7] love
[Em] But no one [A7] knew what they [D] stood for.
[Bm] How many months were they [Gbm] good for? The meaning is [B7] gone

[D] Soon when my hair is short, I'll make a full report
[Bm] Of how I came back alive
[G] And what it takes to sur- [E7] vive
[A7] Wringing the truth out of jive
I'll tell you of [Bm] love, more than [Gbm] ever it's [B7] love
[Em] No lack of [A7] faith under- [D] mines it
[Bm] 'Cause it's the hope that we'll [Gbm] find it that makes us go [B] on

Fade out on D Bm etc. of verse.