Chords:
F C 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 F/A Gm9 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----- |
Dm9 C/E Dflatdim/A
e | --------1---------0---------0---------- |
B | --------3---------1---------5---------- |
G | --------2---------0---------6---------- |
D | --------0---------2---------5---------- |
A | --------X---------3---------0---------- |
E | --------X---------0---------X---------- |
F C
When I grow up,
Bflat
I will be tall enough to reach the branches
Bflatmin
That I need to reach to climb
F C Bflat
The tress you get to climb when you're grown up.
F C
And when I grow up,
Bflat
I will be smart enough to answer all
Bflatmin
The questions that you need to know
F C Bflat
The answers to before you're grown up.
Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,
F/A Gm9
I will eat sweets every day on the way to work
F
And I will go to bed late every night.
Bflatsus2
And I will wake up
F/A
When the sun comes up
Gm9
And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square
C Dflatdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,
Dm9 C Bflat
When I grow up.
F C
When I grow up,
Bflat
I will be strong enough to carry all
Bflatmin F
The heavy things you have to haul around with you
C Bflat
When you're a grown up.
F C
And when I grow up,
Bflat
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
Bflatmin F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night
C Bflat
To be a grown up.
Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,
F/A
I will have treats every day
Gm9
And I'll play with things that Mum pretends
F
That mums don't think are fun.
Bflatsus2
And I will wake up
F/A
When the sun comes up
Gm9
And I will spend all day just lying in the sun
C Dflatdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,
Dm9 C Bflat
When I grow up.
F C
And when I grow up,
Bflat
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
Bflatmin F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night
C Bflat
To be a grown up.
Bflatsus2
When I grow up...
(Bflatsus2)
Just because you think that life's not fair, it
F/A
Doesn't meant that you just have to grin and bear it.
Gmin7
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
F
Nothing will change.
Bflatsus2
Just because I find myself in this story, it
F/A
Doesn't mean that everything is written for me,
Gmin7
If I think the ending is fixed already
C Dflatdim
I might as well be saying I think that it's OK
Dflatdim/A Dflatdim Dm9
And that's not right!
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Tab by Brynn McCullagh
