INTRO:

D, Dsus2, D, Dsus2    x4

(One, Two, One, Two, three, Four)
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VERSE 1:

       GWell (320003@1)I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old. 

        DAll (xx0232@1)the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold. 

        Am (x02210@1)                                      GAll (320003@1)the kids are talking slang I won't pretend to understand. 

       D (xx0232@1)                                A (x02220@1)             DAll (xx0232@1)my friends are getting married, mortgages and pension plans.
 
         GAnd (320003@1)it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done. 

        DAnd (xx0232@1)I'm happy and I'm settled in the person I've become. 

         Am (x02210@1)                             GBut (320003@1)that doesn't mean I'm settled up and sitting out the game- 

A (x02220@1)                             D (xx0232@1)                 
Time may change a lot. But some things they stay the same.

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CHORUS: (No guitar)

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BUILD UP INTO VERSE 2:

 D, Dsus2, D, Dsus2

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VERSE 2:

      GOh, (320003@1)maturity's a wrapped-up package deal or so it seems. 

DDitching (xx0232@1)teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams. 

         Am (x02210@1)                             GAll (320003@1)your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will 

        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)             Dhave (xx0232@1)to grow up, be an adult. Yeah, be bored and unfulfilled. 

    GBut (320003@1)no one's yet explained to me exactly what's so great 

      Dabout (xx0232@1)slaving 50 years away on something that you hate. 

      Am (x02210@1)                               GAbout (320003@1)meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity. 

        A (x02220@1)                                    D (xx0232@1) 
Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for me.

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CHORUS: (No guitar)

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                  E (022100@1) And I won't sit down

G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1) And I won't shut up

              E (022100@1)        G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1) And most of all i will not grow up.      x2



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BRIDGE:


       Bm (x24432@1)                                   A (x02220@1)        GAnd (320003@1)if all you ever do with your life is Just photosynthesise, 

              G/Gbthen (320002@1)you'll deserve every hour of your sleepless nights 

         E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)               Dthat (xx0232@1)you waste wondering when you're gonna die.


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Violin Solo and guitar: 

 G,

 D,

 Am,   G,

 A,   D,


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Chorus: (No guitar)

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FINAL CHORUS - play full chords: 




                  (pause) E (022100@1) And I won't sit down

G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1) And I won't shut up

              E (022100@1)        G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1) And most of all i will not grow up. 


                  E (022100@1) And I won't sit down

G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1) And I won't shut up

              E (022100@1)        G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1) And most of all i will not... grow... up...