Intro: Dm C Bb Dm
Dm Bb
Seen from a height of a thousand miles
Am Dm
The earth looks the same as it did
Dm Bb
How is it we can fly faster than day
Am Dm
But we can't find the things we need
G F C Dm
Young man said the old man let the youth
in your heart be at rest
G F C Dm
We may all be dead in a year or a day
when the devil is put to the test
C Bb Dm
Test, test, Test!
Dm C Bb Dm
Dm Bb
The day of creation was our finest hour
Am Dm
It's something we ought to defend
Dm Bb
But it's been so abused since the first day of light
Am Dm
That no glory can come in the end
G F C Dm
Young man said the old man There is victory
in staying alive
G F
And if you care so little for the world we're in
C Dm
Why and what do you want to survive
Am7 Gm7
Can't we try... to let the Gm7past go by...
Fmaj7 Em7
With it's lessons firmly settled in our minds
Dm G
To our children one by one.. and before the darkness comes
C Fmaj7 Dm
Let us leave a world full of light of a different kind
Am Dm
In truth they should meet and with love their hearts should beat
G E Am
And with patience solve the problems of our time
Am Dm
It wouldn't be so hard to do... it's only up to me and you
G E Am
Let us not bequeath a life that is a crime
Dm Bb
Seen from a height of a thousand miles
Am Dm
The earth looks the same as it did
Dm Bb
How is it we can fly faster than day
B Am Dm
but we can't find the things we need
G F C Dm
Young man cried the old man let the youth
in your heart be at rest
G F
We may all be dead in a year or a day
C Dm
When the devil is put to the test... whoa
G F C Dm
Young man cried the old man let the youth
in your heart be at rest
G F
We may all be dead in a year or a day
C Dm
When the devil is put to the test... whoa
G F C Dm G F C Dm
Young man... Young man
(repeat last verse and fade)