Grown Up - From Hotcakes - 1974

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I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown
Gm
Red roses on linen
F
I stood three feet from the ground
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The grownups laughed inside
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Used words I didn't know
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But still I enjoyed the show

Gm     
They looked so lovely
F
They looked so self-assured
   Gm  
And I just like them
               F
Would know it all when I matured
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And no longer be afraid of the darkness or the bears
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Or the cracks in the ceiling upstairs

            Gm     
Well, I've just gotten older
Am                 
I've just gotten taller
          A7
And the little ones
           Am7 D
Call me a grownup

Gm
Last night at a friend's house
    F
A little girl was there
      Gm                    F
She stood in the doorway playing with her hair
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She looked up at me as if I could do no wrong
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As I stood to sing my song
Gm
I sang it with a shiver
        F 
In my throat and in my knees
Gm 
Feeling just as small
        F
As a thistle in a breeze
         Ebmaj7         A7
But the child's imagination
D            Dm
Carried me along
     Gm7               A7
And saw me through my song

           Gm     
See, I've just gotten older
Am                 
I've just gotten taller
          A7
And the little ones
           Am7 D   A D7 Gm
Call me a grownup