Growing Up chords by Dan Hill, Various

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (E minor) Ma cried  (D major) like a  (C major)  (E minor) Pa
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cried  (D major) like a man  (C major)  (E minor) 
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1963,  (D major) one  (C major) less Kennedy
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And  (E minor) I was too young  (D major) 
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to understand  (C major)  (A minor) 
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And the years flew by  (D major) in col (E minor) ors,
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each  (A minor) one a little faster than before.  (G major) 
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And when the  (C major) war calls some to cry,  (A minor) 
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I'd  (G major) identify  (D major) my  (E minor)  (A minor) TV
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keeping score.  (Bsus4)  (B major) 
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Growing  (E minor) up in the shadow  (A major) of the USA,
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 (A minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (A minor)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (A minor) You're the hero, you're the villain
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You're every move  (E minor) is on dis (D major) play
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Screamed the  (C major) un derground
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It  (D major) being black  (E minor) meant more than race,  (D major) 
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meant more than pride  (C major) 
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Before 1968,  (E minor)  (D major) some said  (C major) it was too late
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Two  (E minor) friends I'd  (D major) never met had  (C major) died
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I  (A minor) felt so fast growing  (D major) older (E minor) 
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As I stud (A minor) ied politics in junior high  (G major) 
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 (D major) So  (C major) foolishly pro (A minor) found,
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With the aware (G major) ness I
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 (D major) thought I'd found.  (E minor) 
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Then  (A minor) the moon came crashing
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from the sky.  (B major)  (Bsus4)  (B major) 
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 (D major) Grow (E minor) ing up in the  (A major) shadow
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of the U .S .A.  (A minor) 
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Trying  (E minor) to find the mean (A major) ing
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of a life today  (A minor) 
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Oh, Amer (E minor) ica, it's a  (A major) heavy kind
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of throw you play  (A minor) 
You're the hero, you're the villain
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Your every move  (E minor) is on display  (D major)  (C major) 
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Ma  (E minor) cried  (D major) like a  (C major) Pa  (E minor) 
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cried  (D major) like a man  (C major) 
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 (E minor) 1963,  (D major) one  (C major) less candy
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And  (E minor) I was too young  (D major) to understand  (C major) 
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We were  (E minor) all too young  (D major) to understand  (C major) 