Tim Minchin - When I Grow Up (From the Matilda Musical)

Chords:

F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)    Bflat    Bflatminor

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Bflatsus2   F/A     Gm    Dflatdim

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Dm (xx0231@1)     C/E (x3111x@5)    Dflatdim/A

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F (133211@1)               CWhen (x32010@1)I grow up,

Bflat
I will be tall enough to reach the branches

Bflatminor
That I need to reach to climb

F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)                    Bflat
The tress you get to climb when you're grown up.



F (133211@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)when I grow up,

Bflat                
I will be smart enough to answer all

Bflatminor
The questions that you need to know

F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)              Bflat
The answers to before you're grown up.



Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,

F/A (x03211@1)                      GmI (355333@1)will eat sweets every day on the way to work

FAnd (133211@1)I will go to bed late every night.

Bflatsus2
And I will wake up

F/AWhen (x03211@1)the sun comes up

GmAnd (355333@1)I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square

C (x32010@1)               Dflatdim          
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,

Dm (xx0231@1)    C (x32010@1)Bflat
When I grow up.



F (133211@1)               CWhen (x32010@1)I grow up,

Bflat
I will be strong enough to carry all

Bflatmin                     FThe (133211@1)heavy things you have to haul around with you

C (x32010@1)          Bflat 
When you're a grown up.



F (133211@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)when I grow up,

Bflat 
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bflatmin                           FThat (133211@1)you have to fight beneath the bed each night

C (x32010@1)        Bflat
To be a grown up.



Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,

F/AI (x03211@1)will have treats every day

GmAnd (355333@1)I'll play with things that Mum pretends

FThat (133211@1)mums don't think are fun.

Bflatsus2
And I will wake up

F/AWhen (x03211@1)the sun comes up

Gm (355333@1)       
And I will spend all day just lying in the sun

C (x32010@1)             Dflatdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,

Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1)   Bflat
When I grow up.



F (133211@1)                   CAnd (x32010@1)when I grow up,

Bflat
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bflatminor                          FThat (133211@1)you have to fight beneath the bed each night

C (x32010@1)       Bflat
To be a grown up.
            
            Bflatsus2
When I grow up...



(Bflatsus2)                       
Just because you think that life's not fair, it

F/ADoesn't (x03211@1)meant that you just have to grin and bear it.

Gm7
If you always take it on the chin and wear it

FNothing (133211@1)will change.

Bflatsus2
Just because I find myself in this story, it

F/ADoesn't (x03211@1)mean that everything is written for me,

Gm7
If I think the ending is fixed already

C (x32010@1)                      Dflatdim
I might as well be saying I think that it's OK

Dflatdim/A   Dflatdim     Dm
And    that's       not       right!

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Tab by Brynn McCullagh

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