key: A
Intro: 
A       A      G      G
D       D      D      D7
A       A      G      G
D       D      D      D
A 
An insolent speck of youth
G 
Being taken for a walk
D 
So tightly by the ear
D 
That he can hardly talk
A 
Yesterday's men hang to today
G 
To sing in the old-fashioned way
D 
It must get better in the long run
D 
Has to get better in the long run
A 
A metropolitan marathon
G 
Has been held today
D 
But who you need to catch
D 
Will be coming the other way
A 
Yesterday's men hang to today
G 
To sing in any old way
D 
It must get better in the long run
D 
Has to get better in the long run
Bm 
Because when you're told to start
A 
How far can you go
G 
When your race is won
A              F# 
And you already know
Bm 
Because when you're told to stop
A 
How far will you go
G 
When your race is run
A              F# 
And you already know
A 
Yesterday's men hang to today,
G 
To sing in any old way,
D 
It must get better in the long run
D 
Has to get better in the long run
D 
Will it get better in the long run
D 
Will we be here in the long run
A       A      G      G
D       D      D      D
A 
Yesterday's men hang to today, 
G 
To sing in any old way, 
D 
It must get better in the long run 
D 
Has to get better in the long run 
D 
Will it get better in the long run 
D 
Will we be here in the long run