F#5 , C#5 , Bb5
F#5 , C#5 , Bb5

                 C#5             Ab5
Meet you by the art room door
                 C#5             Ab5
In a circle on the hallway floor
                 C#5             Ab5
Teacher held you back again
                 C#5             Ab5
Drawing ogres in your textbook margin
Eb5                                 C#5
Keeping your eyes down and dodging oranges
     Bb5
On the bus trip home
                Ab5
Every day you're battle-scarred
               F#5
You'll grow up to be a bard
               C#5           Ab5
You'll grow up to be a bard
 
C#5 , Ab5
C#5 , Ab5
C#5 , Ab5

                  C#5          Ab5
Hurt yourself at sports again
                  C#5          Ab5
You're not made for mud and wind
                  C#5          Ab5
Limping home through quiet streets
                  C#5          Ab5
Sprinkler spits a snare drum beat
Eb5                                  C#5
Kids down on the vacant block throw rocks at you
           Bb5
For talking to yourself again
                   Ab5
Days like this are way too hard
               F#5
You'll grow up to be a bard
               C#5           Ab5
You'll grow up to be a bard
 
C#5 , Ab5
 
B5                            C#5
You'll tell your own daughter stories
                   Bb5
She'll get some dice of her own one day
            F#5                  C#5
They can trademark the name all they like
                Bb5
It's all ripped off Tolkien anyway
            F#5                  C#5                  
'Cause dragons and dungeons go back
                Bb5
They go back a long, long way
                Ab5
And they won't go away
                F#5
They won't go away
 
                  C#5          Ab5
Meet you by the art room door
                  C#5          Ab5
In a circle on the hallway floor
                  C#5          Ab5
Made up a new map last night
                  C#5          Ab5
It's got a dragon and a wizard fight
Eb5                            C#5
Once the ranger and the thief get here
          Bb5
We can lock the door
                Ab5
Shut the noise out from the yard
                F#5
Then we can let down our guard
 
                C#5
You'll grow up to be a bard
                
You'll grow up to... 
                C#5
You'll grow up to be a bard
                Ab5
You'll grow up to...