C
They tell you while you’re young
Am
Girls, go out and have your fun
Em
Then they hunt and slay the ones
FG
Who actually do it
C
Criticize the way you fly
Am
When you’re soaring through the sky
Em
Shoot you down and then they sigh
FG
And say, “She looks like she’s been through it”
F
Lord what will become of me
G
Once I’ve lost my novelty
FGC
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
G/BAm
And I know it’s sad but this is what I think about
FGC
And I wake up in the middle of the night
G/BAm
It’s like I can feel time moving
FG
How can a person know everything at 18
CG/BAm
But nothing at 22
F
And will you still want me
G
When I’m nothing new?
C
How long will it be cute
Am
All this crying in my room
Em
When you can’t blame it on my youth
FG
And roll your eyes with affection
C
And my cheeks are growing tired
Am
From turning red and faking smiles
EmFG
Are we only biding time till I lose your attention?
F
And someone else lights up the room
G
People love an ingénue
FGC
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
G/BAm
How did I go from growing up to breaking down?
FGC
And I wake up in the middle of the night
G/BAm
It’s like I can feel time moving
FG
How can a person know everything at 18
CG/BAm
But nothing at 22
F
And will you still want me
G
When I’m nothing new?
C
F
I know someday I’m gonna meet her
GF
It’s a fever dream
GF
The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen
GF
She’ll know the way and then she’ll say she got the map from me
GC
I’ll say I’m happy for her then I’ll cry myself to sleep
AmEmF
Oooh Oooh Oooh
CAmEmF
Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh
FGC
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
G/BAm
How did I go from growing up to breaking down?
FGC
And I wake up in the middle of the night
G/BAm
It’s like I can feel time moving
FG
How can a person know everything at 18
CG/BAm
But nothing at 22
F
And will you still want me
G
When I’m nothing new?