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


Chords:

       F       C      Bflat    Bflatminor   

e|-----1-------0-------1---------1-------|
B|-----1-------1-------3---------2-------|
G|-----2-------0-------3---------3-------|
D|-----3-------2-------3---------3-------|
A|-----3-------3-------1---------1-------|
E|-----1-------X-------X---------X-------|

    Bflatsus2   F/A     Gm    Dflatdim   

e|-----1---------1-------3---------0-----|
B|-----1---------1-------3---------5-----|
G|-----3---------2-------3---------6-----|
D|-----3---------3-------5---------5-----|
A|-----1---------0-------5---------4-----|
E|-----X---------X-------3---------X-----|

         Dm       C/E      Dflatdim/A      

e|--------1---------0---------0----------|
B|--------3---------1---------5----------|
G|--------2---------0---------6----------|
D|--------0---------2---------5----------|
A|--------X---------3---------0----------|
E|--------X---------0---------X----------|




F                 C
When I grow up,

          Bflat
I will be tall enough to reach the branches

Bflatminor
That I need to reach to climb

     F                 C                      Bflat
The tress you get to climb when you're grown up.



F                    C
And when I grow up,

           Bflat                
I will be smart enough to answer all

     Bflatminor
The questions that you need to know

      F           C                Bflat
The answers to before you're grown up.



Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,

       F/A                        Gm
I will eat sweets every day on the way to work

                  F
And I will go to bed late every night.

Bflatsus2
And I will wake up

         F/A
When the sun comes up

                   Gm
And I will watch cartoons until my eyes go square

    C                 Dflatdim          
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,

Dm      C  Bflat
When I grow up.



F                 C
When I grow up,

            Bflat
I will be strong enough to carry all

      Bflatmin                     F
The heavy things you have to haul around with you

       C            Bflat 
When you're a grown up.



F                      C
And when I grow up,

          Bflat 
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bflatmin                           F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night

   C          Bflat
To be a grown up.



Bflatsus2
And when I grow up,

        F/A
I will have treats every day

         Gm
And I'll play with things that Mum pretends

     F
That mums don't think are fun.

Bflatsus2
And I will wake up

         F/A
When the sun comes up

                    Gm         
And I will spend all day just lying in the sun

    C               Dflatdim
And I won't care cos I'll be all grown up,

Dm   C     Bflat
When I grow up.



F                     C
And when I grow up,

           Bflat
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bflatminor                          F
That you have to fight beneath the bed each night

    C         Bflat
To be a grown up.
            
            Bflatsus2
When I grow up...



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

F/A
Doesn't meant that you just have to grin and bear it.

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

F
Nothing will change.

Bflatsus2
Just because I find myself in this story, it

F/A
Doesn't mean that everything is written for me,

Gm7
If I think the ending is fixed already

   C                        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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