22 August Song

1.
        G
It's my birthday -- I'm doing the dishes
    Em
And thinking of the birthday wishes
     Am                            G
that I've received from friends of mine
           F                  D
I think my friends are really fine

2.
           G
I'm twenty-two, and the storm rages on
         Em   
Which distracts me from my askin' where have all the sages gone?
        Am                        Bbdim
And the wisdom of the ages handed down from man to man
 Em                             G
Amounts to "here's your planet, just do what you can."

3.
        G
It's my birthday, for what it's worth
         Em
Counting off day by day from my birth.
          Am                 G
Without a sense of the truly great
            Am                    D
There would be no higher purposes I could appreciate

4.
        G
It's my birthday. The rippling thunder
Em
underscores my sense of wonder
          Am                          Bbdim
That even though I sit alone, I'm not completely on my own
           G
There's so many helping me go through my changes to be grown

5.
        G
Another cycle is passing me by
      Em
But I don't have time to think about the one where I may die
          Am                 G
Because tomorrow can't top today
              Am                            D
Although it's just like yesterday in almost every other way

6.
           G
Today's my birthday. I'll do what I can
            Em
To serve my Father in Heaven and my fellow man
                  Am                 G
And 'though we're far from our final ends
       Am                           D                G
I'm so glad that we have learned to live and love as friends!