F#m, C#, A#
F#m, C#, A#

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

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

     E ,A ,D ,G ,b ,e
F#m (x ,9 ,11,11,10,x)
C#  (9 ,11,11,10,x ,x)
A#  (6 ,8 ,8 ,7 ,x ,x)
G#  (4 ,6 ,6 ,5 ,x ,x)
D#  (11,13,13,12,x ,x)
F#  (2 ,4 ,4 ,3 ,x ,x)
G#m (x ,11,13,13,12,x)
B   (7 ,9 ,9 ,8 ,x ,x)
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