Intro:
C G Am G
F G
C G Am G
F
Verse:
C G Am G
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
F G
and its so quiet in the world tonight
C G Am G
your little eyelids flutter cuz your dreamin
F G
so I tuck you in turn on your favourite nightlight
Pre-Chorus:
C Am
To you everythings funny,
F
Youve got nothing to regret.
G
I give all I have honey
if you could stay like that.
Chorus:
C G Am G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
just stay this little.
C G Am G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
It could stay this simple.
C Am
I wont let nobody hurt you,
F
wont let noone break you heart,
G
yeah noone will desert you
Just try to never grow up.
C G Am G
F G
(yeah, never grow up.)
C G Am G
F G
Verse:
C G Am G
Your in the car on the way to the movies
F G
and your mortified you moms dropping you off.
C G Am G
At 14 theres just so much you cant do
F G
and you cant wait to move out some day and call you own shots.
Pre-chorus:
C Am
But dont make her drop you off around the block,
F
remember that shes gettin older too.
and dont lose the way that you dance
G
around in your Pj's gettin ready for school
Chorus:
C G Am G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
just stay this little.
C G Am G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
It could stay this simple.
C Am
Noones ever burned you,
F
Nothings ever left you scarred,
G
and even thought you want to
Just try to never grow up.
C G Am G
F G
Bridge:
C Am G
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room,
C F G
memorise what it sounded like when your dad gets home.
C Am
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said,
G
and know your little brothers favourite songs.
C F G
I just realised that everything I have
is someday gonna be gone.
Verse:
C G Am G
So here I am in my new apartment,
F G
In a big city they just dropped me off.
C G Am G
Its so much colder than I thought it would be,
F G
so I tucked myself in turned my nightlight on.
Pre-Chorus:
C G Am G F G
Wish Id never grown up,
C Am F G
wish Id never grown up.
Chorus:
C G Am G
Oh I dont wanna grow up,
F
wish Id never grown up,
G
I could still be little.
C G Am G
Oh I dont wanna grow up,
F
wish Id never grown up,
G
It could still be simple.
C G Am G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
just stay this little.
C G Am G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
It could stay this simple.
C Am
I wont let nobody hurt you,
F
wont let noone break you heart,
G
And even though you want to
please try to never grow up.
C G Am G
F G x2
C
