Tabbed by: Kengus

Standard tuning                                                
Capo on fifth fret!                                          
INTRO                                                          G5 = 320033
C5  G5  A5  G5                                                  F5 = 133211
C5  G5  A5
C5  G5  A5  G5
F5  G5  A5

VERSE1
C5         G5         A5           G5
Coming of age ain't about what you do
            C5      G5         A5
It's giving in to what's predefined
         C5              G5    A5        G5
When you trade all your dreams for compromise
      C5          G5          A5
It is never what you have in mind

INTERLUDE
C5  G5  A5

VERSE2
C5           G5    A5           G5
One shot of happy, two shots of sad
C5              G5         A5
That's how our lives are aligned
    C5              G5          A5               G5
The path that you chose has got highs, it's got lows
         F5           G5          C...
But it's never what you have in mind

CHORUS
    ...G5      A5    G5         C5  G5    F5     C5
I must say that I still wonder why     it disappears
     G5      A5    G5         C5  G5     F5                   A5
Must say that I still wonder why     the years keep tumbling by

INTERLUDE
C5  G5  A5  G5
C5  G5  A5

VERSE3
C5         G5         A5           G5
Coming of age ain't about who you meet
               C5           G5        A5
It's 'bout the people who leave you behind
     C5               G5          A5            G5
Your brothers, your parents, your lovers, your friends
      C5          G5         A5
It is never what you have in mind

VERSE4
C5           G5    A5            G5
One shot of happy, two shots of sad
   C5              G5        A5
We know we might run out of time
         C5            G5             A5       G5
But when it comes to living, dying's the easy part
      F5           G5         C...
Not exactly what you had in mind

CHORUS
...G5    A5         G5          C5  G5  F5           C5
 I really doubt that I'll find out      why it disappears
  G5    A5         G5          C5  G5           F5               A5
I really doubt that I'll find out     what these years are all about

INTERLUDE/SOLO
C5  G5  A5  G5
C5  G5  A5
C5  G5  A5  G5
F5  G5  A5

VERSE5
          C5            G5           A5             G5
You might ask if these thoughts that I just summed up
       C5     G5          A5
Are of any importance to you
      C5              G5              A5            G5
Maybe not, but when things don't turn out like you planned
   C5                  G5          A5
It helps to know that they never do

OUTRO
        C5                G5                   A5              G5
Besides,  if each shot of happy comes with only  two shots of sad
     F5          G5          A5
Then coming of age is not so bad
     F5          G5          A5
Then coming of age is not so bad
     F5          G5          C5  G5  A5  G5  F5  G5  A5
Then coming of age is not so bad.