Chords:
F5 C5 Bflat Bflatmin
e | -----1-------0-------1---------1------- |
B | -----1-------1-------3---------2------- |
G | -----2-------0-------3---------3------- |
D | -----3-------2-------3---------3------- |
A | -----3-------3-------1---------1------- |
E | -----1-------X-------X---------X------- |
Bflat9 F5 G5 Dflatdim
e | -----1---------1-------3---------0----- |
B | -----1---------1-------3---------5----- |
G | -----3---------2-------3---------6----- |
D | -----3---------3-------5---------5----- |
A | -----1---------0-------5---------4----- |
E | -----X---------X-------3---------X----- |
D5 C5 Dflatdim/A5
e | --------1---------0---------0---------- |
B | --------3---------1---------5---------- |
G | --------2---------0---------6---------- |
D | --------0---------2---------5---------- |
A | --------X---------3---------0---------- |
E | --------X---------0---------X---------- |
F5 C5
When I grow up,
Bflat
I will be tall enough to reach the branches
Bflatmin
That I need to reach to climb
F5 C5 Bflat
The tress you get to climb when you're grown up.
F5 C5
And when I grow up,
Bflat
I will be smart enough to answer all
Bflatmin
The questions that you need to know
F5 C5 Bflat
The answers to before you're grown up.
Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,
F5 G5
I will eat sweets every day on the way to work
F5
And I will go to bed late every night.
Bflatsus2
And I will wake up
F5
When the sun comes up
G5
And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square
C5 Dflatdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,
D5 C5 Bflat
When I grow up.
F5 C5
When I grow up,
Bflat
I will be strong enough to carry all
Bflatmin F5
The heavy things you have to haul around with you
C5 Bflat
When you're a grown up.
F5 C5
And when I grow up,
Bflat
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
Bflatmin F5
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night
C5 Bflat
To be a grown up.
Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,
F5
I will have treats every day
G5
And I'll play with things that Mum pretends
F5
That mums don't think are fun.
Bflatsus2
And I will wake up
F5
When the sun comes up
G5
And I will spend all day just lying in the sun
C5 Dflatdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,
D5 C5 Bflat
When I grow up.
F5 C5
And when I grow up,
Bflat
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
Bflatmin F5
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night
C5 Bflat
To be a grown up.
Bflatsus2
When I grow up...
(Bflatsus2)
Just because you think that life's not fair, it
F5
Doesn't meant that you just have to grin and bear it.
Gmin7
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
F5
Nothing will change.
Bflatsus2
Just because I find myself in this story, it
F5
Doesn't mean that everything is written for me,
Gmin7
If I think the ending is fixed already
C5 Dflatdim
I might as well be saying I think that it's OK
Dflatdim/A5 Dflatdim D5
And that's not right!
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Tab by Brynn McCullagh