Capo 7th fret. Everything relative to the capo. Intro/interlude: e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3--------------| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2p0------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0-----------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------------------------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------3--------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------------------3-------3--| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0---------0--------0-----| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------3--------3--------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| Verse 1: Your little hands wrapped around my finger And it's so quiet in the world tonight e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3---------3-----| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2---------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0------------| A|----------------------------3---------3----------------------------| E|-3------2------0---------------------------------------------------| Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming So I tuck you in and turn on your favorite nightlight e|---------------------------------------------3--------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------------------3-------3--| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0---------0--------0-----| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------3--------3--------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| Bridge: To you, everything's funny. You?ve got nothing to regret. e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------3----------------3-----------------0--------------0-| G|-------0--------------0-----------------0----------------0--------| D|----2------2-------2--------2--------2--------2-------2------2----| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0------| I'd give all I have honey, if you could stay like that. e|-----------------------------------------------0---0h2------------| B|--------------3-------------------------3-------------------------| G|-------0--------------0--------0-------0----0---------------------| D|----2------2-------2--------2------0------------------------------| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus: Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. Just stay this little. e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3---------------------3-----3--------3--------------------| G|-----0-----0-------0--------0-----0-----0--------2-------2p0-----------| D|---0-------------2--------2--------------------0--------0--------------| A|---------------------------------3------3------------------------------| E|-3------2------0------0------------------------------------------------| Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. It could stay this simple. e|---------------------------------------------3--------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------------------3-------3--| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0---------0--------0-----| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------3--------3--------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| I won't let nobody hurt you. Wont let no one break your heart. e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------3----------------3-----------------0--------------0-| G|-------0--------------0-----------------0----------------0--------| D|----2------2-------2--------2--------2--------2-------2------2----| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0------| No one will desert you. Just try to never grow up. e|-----------------------------------------------0---0h2------------| B|--------------3-------------------------3-------------------------| G|-------0--------------0--------0-------0----0---------------------| D|----2------2-------2--------2------0------------------------------| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Instrumental: e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3--------------| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2p0------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0-----------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------------------------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------3--------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------------------3-------3--| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0---------0--------0-----| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------3--------3--------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| Verse 2: You're in the car on the way to the movies And you're mortified your mom?s dropping you off e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3---------3-----| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2---------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0------------| A|----------------------------3---------3----------------------------| E|-3------2------0---------------------------------------------------| At 14, there's just so much you can't do And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots e|---------------------------------------------3--------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------------------3-------3--| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0---------0--------0-----| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------3--------3--------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| Bridge 2: But don't make her drop you off around the block. Remember she's getting older too. e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------3----------------3-----------------0--------------0-| G|-------0--------------0-----------------0----------------0--------| D|----2------2-------2--------2--------2--------2-------2------2----| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0------| And don't lose the way that you dance around in your P.J.?s getting ready for school e|-----------------------------------------------0---0h2------------| B|--------------3-------------------------3-------------------------| G|-------0--------------0--------0-------0----0---------------------| D|----2------2-------2--------2------0------------------------------| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Chorus: Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. Just stay this little. e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3---------------------3-----3--------3--------------------| G|-----0-----0-------0--------0-----0-----0--------2-------2p0-----------| D|---0-------------2--------2--------------------0--------0--------------| A|---------------------------------3------3------------------------------| E|-3------2------0------0------------------------------------------------| Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. It could stay this simple. e|---------------------------------------------3--------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------------------3-------3--| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0---------0--------0-----| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------3--------3--------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| No one's ever burned. Nothing's ever left you scarred. e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------3----------------3-----------------0--------------0-| G|-------0--------------0-----------------0----------------0--------| D|----2------2-------2--------2--------2--------2-------2------2----| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------0--------0-------0-------0------| Even though you want to, just try to never grow up. e|-----------------------------------------------0---0h2------------| B|--------------3-------------------------3-------------------------| G|-------0--------------0--------0-------0----0---------------------| D|----2------2-------2--------2------0------------------------------| A|3-------3-------3--------3----------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| Interlude: e|------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| B|-------------3-----------3--------3------------ 3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0------0h2-2-2-2-2-2p0-| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| A|----------------------------3---------3---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0---| Break: Cadd9 G D Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room Cadd9 G D Memorize what it sounded like whet your dad gets home Cadd9 G Remember the footsteps, remember the words said D And all your little brother's favorite songs I just realized everything I had is someday gonna be gone. e|----------------------------------------0-0h2| B|-------3------3--------------------3---------| G|----0------0---------0------0----0---0-------| D|-------------------0------0----0-------------| A|--3------3------2------2---------------------| E|---------------------------------------------| Verse 3: So here I am in my new apartment In a big city, they just dropped me off. e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3---------3-----| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2---------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0------------| A|----------------------------3---------3----------------------------| E|-3------2------0---------------------------------------------------| It's so much colder than I thought it would be So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on. e|---------------------------------------------3--------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------------------3-------3--| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0---------0--------0-----| D|---0-------------2---0--------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------3--------3--------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| Interlude: I Wish I?d never grown up e|------------------------------------------0-0h2------| B|-------------------------------------3---------------| G|------0--------0------0-----0-----2-----2--------2p0-| D|----2-------2-------0-----0-----0--------------------| A|--3------3-------2------2----------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Wish I?d never grown up. e|-------------------------------2-2-2-2-22| B|-------3------3----------------3-3-3-3-33| G|----0------0---------0------0--2-2-2-2-22| D|-------------------0------0--------------| A|--3------3------2------2-----------------| E|-----------------------------------------| (strum)D-D-D-D-DD G G/F# Em D Ooohh, I don't want to grow up Cadd9 Wish I'd never grown up D Could still be little G G/F# Em D Ooohh I don't want to grow up Cadd9 Wish I'd never grown up D G It could still be simple G G/F# Em D Cadd9 Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up D Just stay this little G G/F# Em D Cadd9 Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up D It could stay this simple Won't let nobody hurt you. Won't let no one break your heart e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3--------------| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2p0------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0-----------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------------------------| E|-3------2------0--------------------------------------------------| And even through you want to, please try to never grow e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3---------3-----| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2---------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0------------| A|----------------------------3---------3----------------------------| E|-3------2------0---------------------------------------------------| Oh Oh ohm ohhhh Don't you ever grow up e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3---------3-----| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2---------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0------------| A|----------------------------3---------3----------------------------| E|-3------2------0---------------------------------------------------| Oh ohh oh Just never grow up e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------3-----------3--------3--------3-------3--------------| G|-----0-----0-------0---2-------0---------0-------2-------2p0------| D|---0-------------2---0------------------------0-------0-----------| A|----------------------------3---------3---------------------------| E|-3------2------0-----------------------------------------------3--|