Chords for Never Grow Up

_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] Your little [B] hands wrapped [A] around my [G] finger and it's so [A] quiet in the world tonight
[D] _
[A] Your little eyelids flutter cuz you're dreaming [G] so I tuck you in [A] turn on your favorite night light
[G] _
to you
_ _ Everything's [Bm] funny
_ You got nothing to [G]
regret
_ I'd give all I have [A] honey
_ _ If you could stay like [D] that [A] Oh
[B] Darling, don't you ever [A] grow?
[G] Don't you ever grow [A] up?
Just stay this [D] little
[A] Oh darling, [B] don't you ever [A] grow?
[G] Don't you ever grow up?
[A] It could stay this [G] simple
_ I won't let nobody [Bm] hurt you
_ _ Won't let no one break [G] your heart
_ No, no one will desert [A]
you
_ _ Just try to never [D] grow [A] up
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ And never [D] grow [A] up
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] You're in the car [B] on the way [A] to the movies [G] and you're mortified your [A] mom's dropping you off
[D] _
[A] At 14, [B] there's just so much [A] you can't do [G] and you can't wait to move out [A] someday and call your own [G] shots
But don't make her drop you off around the [Bm] block
Remember that she's getting older [G]
too and don't lose the way that you dance
[A]
Around in your PJs getting ready for school.
[D] _
[A] Oh
Darling [Bm] don't you ever [A] grow?
[G] Don't you ever grow up?
[A] Just stay this little
[D] _
[A] Oh darling, [Bm] don't you ever [A] grow?
[G] Don't you ever grow up?
[A] It could stay this [G] simple
_ _ And no one's ever burned [Bm]
you
_ _ Nothing's ever left [G] you scarred and even though you want [A] to
_ _ _ Just try to [D] never grow up [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
take pictures in [D] your mind of your childhood
[A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Memorize what [D] it sounded like when [A] your dad gets home
_ _ [A] Remember [G] the footsteps remember [D] the words said and [A] all your little brother's favorite _ songs.
_ [G] _
I
Just [D] realized everything
_ _ [A]
Have a Sunday gonna be gone
_ [D]
So [A] here I am [B] in my [A] new apartment [G] in a big city.
[A] They just dropped me off
[D]
It's [A] so much colder [B] than I [A] thought it would be [G] so I tucked myself in and [A] turned my nightlight on
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] We should never [G] go
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ We should never go
_ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] We [G] should never go
_ [A] Still be a [D] little
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [G] Wish I'd never grown [A] up.
He can still be simple.
[D]
Oh
[A] _ [Bm] Don't you _ [A] _ _ [G]
ever go [A] just stay this little
[D] _
_ [A] Darling, [Bm] don't you ever [A] grow?
[G] Don't you ever grow?
[A] Stay this simple
[D] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] Let [A] nobody hurt [G] you
_ _ [A] Well, no one break [D] you
_ [A] And [B] even [A] though you want [G] to
_ _ [A] Please try to never [D] go
_ [A] Oh
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ Don't you ever [D] go
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ Just [A] _ _ never [D] go
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