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Key: Ab major

Verse 1
F F 
 
I was walking down
57th Street towards Park
C C 
 
With the same old song
in my same old heart
Dm Dm 
 
Making plans,
Bb Bb 
 
I'm gonna do when I get older
F F 
 
I passed a grey- haired man,
he found my eyes
C C 
 
It's like he knew my thoughts
and he read my mind
Dm Dm 
 
Saying, "Life is gonna find you
Bb Bb 
 
when it's sup posed to"

Verse 2
Dm Dm 
 
I felt my feet stopped short
and I turned my head
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Tried to lean into every word
G G 
 
he said
Bb Bb 
 
And then he said

Verse 3
F F 
 
"When you are younger,
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
you'll wish you're older
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Then when you're older,
C C 
 
you'll wish for time to turn around
A A 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
F F 
 
C C 
 
When you get older, when you get older"

Verse 4
F F 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh-
Bb Bb 
 
oh, oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh-
oh, oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
F F 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh, oh,
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
oh- oh- oh, oh
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh

Verse 5
F F 
 
Have I killed my thoughts
right before their prime?
C C 
 
Have I bit my tongue one
too many times?
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Have I said it all the way I really meant to?
F F 
 
If I wait 'til my tomorrow comes
C C 
 
A A 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Is the waiting all I've ever done?
Bb Bb 
 
And will I get to?

Verse 6

Will I ride the flood? Open up the dam

Will I be the man I really am?

And understand

Verse 7
F F 
 
"That when you're younger,
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
you'll wish you're older
Bb Bb 
 
F F 
 
Then when you're older,
C C 
 
you'll wish for time to turn around
A A 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
F F 
 
When you get older,
C C 
 
when you get older"

Verse 8
F F 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh,
Bb Bb 
 
oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
Dm Dm 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh,
C C 
 
F F 
 
oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh, oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
C C 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh

Verse 9
F F 
 
When you are younger,
Gm Gm 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
you'll wish you're older
Dm Dm 
 
And when you're older,
C C 
 
you'll wish for time to turn around
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Don't let your wonder turn into closure
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
When you get older,

Verse 10
when you get older
C C 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh, oh,
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
oh- oh- oh, oh
Dm Dm 
 
Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh, oh,
C C 
 
oh- oh- oh, oh
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 

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