Grownup chords by
Carly Simon

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Key: A major

Intro 1

Verse 1
Fm Fm 
 
I stood in the
Eb Eb 
 
doorway in  my white nightgown
Fm Fm 
 
Red roses on cotton,
Eb Eb 
 
I stood three feet from the ground
Db Db 
 
G G 
 
the grownups inside used
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
words I didn't know
Fm Fm 
 
G G 
 
But still I enjoyed the show
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 
G G 
 
Fm Fm 
 

Verse 2
They looked so lovely,
Eb Eb 
 
they looked so self-assured
Fm Fm 
 
And And I   just like them would
Eb Eb 
 
know it all when I matured
Db Db 
 
G G 
 
And I wouldn't be afraid of
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
the darkness or the bears
Fm Fm 
 
Or the cracks in the ceiling up
stairs
G G 
 
Gsus4 Gsus4 
 

Verse 3
G G 
 
Fm Fm 
 
Now I've just gotten older,
Gm Gm 
 
I've just gotten taller
G G 
 
Gm Gm 
 
C C 
 
And the little ones, they call me a grownup
Gm Gm 
 
C C 
 

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Fm Fm 
 
Lat night at a friend's house
Eb Eb 
 
a little girl was there
Fm Fm 
 
She stood in the doorway
Eb Eb 
 
playing with her hair
Db Db 
 
G G 
 
She looked up to me as if
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
I  could do no wrong
Fm Fm 
 
G G 
 
As I got up to  sing my song

Verse 5
G G 
 
Fm Fm 
 
I  sang it with a shiver in my
Eb Eb 
 
throat and in my knees
Fm Fm 
 
Feeling just as small as a
Eb Eb 
 
thistle in a breeze
Db Db 
 
G G 
 
But the child's imagination
C C 
 
Cm Cm 
 
carried me along
Fm Fm 
 
G G 
 
And saw me through my song

Verse 6

Now I've just gotten older,

I've just gotten taller

And the little ones call me a grownup

Outro 1

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