Transpose up
(INTRO)
D
A
Bm
A
G
A
D
A
Bm
A
G
(VER)
D
Your little
A
hand’s wrapped ar
Bm
ound my f
A
inger
And it’s
G
so quiet in the
A
world
tonight
D
Your little e
Ayelids fl
Bm
utter
‘Cause you
A
’re
dreaming
So I
G
tuck you in
Turn on your
A
favourite
nightlight
(PRE CHO)
G
To you, everything’s funny
Bm
You got nothing to reg
G
ret
I’d give all I have, honey
A
If you could stay like that
(CHO)
D
Oh,
A
darling, don’t you
Bm
ever grow
A
up
Don’t you ever
G
grow
up
Just
A
stay this little
D
Oh,
A
darling, don’t you
Bm
ever grow
A
up
Don’t you
G
ever grow up
It could
A
stay this simple
I won’t let
G
nobody hurt you
Bm
Won’t let no one break your
G
heart
And no one will desert you
A
Just try to never grow up
(POST CHO)
D
A
Bm
A
G
Yeah
A
, never grow up
D
A
Bm
A
G
A
(VER)
D
You’re in the
A
car
On the
Bm
way to the mo
A
vies
And you’re
G
mortified your mom’s
A
Droppin’ you off
D
At fourteen,
A
there’s
Just so
Bm
much you can’t
A
do
And you can’t
G
wait to move out someday
And
A
call your own shots
(PRE CHO)
G
But don’t make her drop you off
Around the block
Bm
Remember that she’s gettin’ older,
G
too
And don’t lose the way that you dance
A
Around in your PJs getting ready for school
(CHO)
D
Oh,
A
darling, don’t you
Bm
ever grow
A
up
Don’t you ever
G
grow
up
Just
A
stay this little
D
Oh,
A
darling, don’t you
Bm
ever grow
A
up
Don’t you ever
G
grow
up
It could
A
stay this simple
And
G
no one’s ever burned you
Bm
Nothing’s ever left you s
G
carred
And even though you want to
A
Just try to never grow up
(INSTRUMENT)
D
A
Bm
A
G
A
(BRI)
G
Take pictures in your
D
mind
Of your childhood
A
room
G
Memorize what it
D
sounded
like
When your
A
dad gets home
Remember the
G
footsteps
Remember the
D
words
said
And all your
A
little brother’s favorite songs
G
I just realized
D
everything I
A
have
Is, someday, gonna be gone
(VER)
D
So, here I
A
am in my
Bm
new
apar
A
tment
In a
G
big city, they just
A
dropped me off
D
It’s so much A
colder than
I
Bm
thought it would
A
be
So I
G
tuck myself in
And turn my
A
nightlight
on
(CHO)
G
D
Wis
A
h I’d never grown up
G
Wis
D
h
I
A
’d never grown up
D
Oh,
A
I don’t
Bm
wanna grow
A
up
Wish I’d never
G
grown
up
I could s
A
till be little
D
Oh,
A
I don’t
Bm
wanna grow
A
up
Wish I’d
G
never grown up
It could
A
still be simple
D
Oh,
A
darling, don’t you
Bm
ever grow
A
up
Don’t you ever
G
grow
up
Just
A
stay this little
D
Oh,
A
darling, don’t you
Bm
ever grow
A
up
Don’t you ever
G
grow
up
It could
A
stay this simple
D
A
I won’t
Bm
let nobody
A
hurt you
G
Won’t let
A
no one break your
D
hear
A
t
And
Bm
even though you
A
want
to
G
Please, try to
A
never grow up
(OUTRO)
D
A
Bm
A
G
A
G
A
D
