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I Don't Wanna Grow Up original guitar chords by
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
D

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A
A

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Verse 1

Well, when I'm lyin' in my bed at night
A
A

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D

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I don't wanna grow up

Nothin' ever seem to turn out right
A
A

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D
D

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Bm
Bm
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F#m
F#m
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How do you move in a world of fog
G
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That's always changing things?
Bm
Bm
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F#m
F#m
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Makes me wish that I could be a dog
Verse 2
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D

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Well, when I see the price that you pay
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A

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D

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I don't wanna grow up

I don't ever wanna be that way
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A

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D
D

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Bm
Bm
2

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F#m
F#m
2

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Seem like folks turn into things
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A
A

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That they'd never want
Bm
Bm
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F#m
F#m
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The only thing to live for is today
Bridge 1
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D

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I'm gonna put a hole in my TV set
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A

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D

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I don't wanna grow up

Open up the medicine chest
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A

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D

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And I don't wanna grow up

Bm
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2

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F#m
F#m
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I don't wanna have to shout it out
Bm
Bm
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F#m
F#m
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I don't want my hair to fall out
Bm
Bm
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F#m
F#m
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I don't wanna be filled with doubt
Bm
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F#m
F#m
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I don't wanna be a good boy scout
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Bm
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F#m
F#m
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I don't wanna have to learn to count
Bm
Bm
2

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F#m
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I don't wanna have the biggest amount
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A

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D

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I don't wanna grow up
Verse 3

Well, when I see my parents fight
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A

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D

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I don't wanna grow up

They all go out and drinking all night
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A

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D

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And I don't wanna grow up
Bm
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F#m
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I'd rather stay here in my room
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Nothin' out there but sad and gloom
Bm
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I don't wanna live in a big old tomb
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A

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On Grand Street, ooh
Bridge 2
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D

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When I see the five o'clock news
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A

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D

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I don't wanna grow up

They comb their hair and shine their shoes
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A

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Bm
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F#m
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Stay around in my old hometown
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I don't wanna put no money down
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I don't wanna get me a big old loan
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Work them fingers to the bone
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I don't wanna float a broom
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F#m
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Fall in love and get married, then boom
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How the hell did it get here so soon?
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I don't wanna grow up

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • F#m

    2

  • G

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of I Don't Wanna Grow Up by Tom Waits is D major.

The primary chords used in I Don't Wanna Grow Up are D, A, Bm, F#m, G.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, A, Bm, F#m, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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The tempo of I Don't Wanna Grow Up is approximately 87 beats per minute.

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