INTRO: 

D, Dsus2, D, Dsus2    x4

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

       G
Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old. 

        D
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold. 

        Am                                        G
All the kids are talking slang I won’t pretend to understand. 

       D                                  A               D
All my friends are getting married, mortgages and pension plans.
 
         G
And it’s obvious my angry adolescent days are done. 

        D
And I’m happy and I’m settled in the person I’ve become. 

         Am                               G
But that doesn’t mean I’m settled up and sitting out the game- 

A                               D                   
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:

      G
Oh, maturity’s a wrapped-up package deal or so it seems. 

D
Ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams. 

         Am                               G
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will 

        D              A               D
have to grow up, be an adult. Yeah, be bored and unfulfilled. 

    G
But no one’s yet explained to me exactly what’s so great 

      D
about slaving 50 years away on something that you hate. 

      Am                                 G
About meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity. 

        A                                      D   
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
  And I won't sit down

G       A      D
  And I won't shut up

              E          G   A    D
  And most of all i will not grow up.      x2



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BRIDGE:


       Bm                                     A          G
And if all you ever do with your life is Just photosynthesise, 

              G/F#
then you’ll deserve every hour of your sleepless nights 

         E               A                 D
that 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
  And I won't sit down

G       A      D
  And I won't shut up

              E          G   A    D
  And most of all i will not grow up. 


                  E
  And I won't sit down

G       A      D
  And I won't shut up

              E          G       A      D
  And most of all i will not... grow... up...