Never Grow Up Chords & Tabs
Capo 7th fret. Everything relative to the capo.
Intro/interlude:
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Verse 1:
Your little hands wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
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Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in and turn on your favorite nightlight
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Bridge:
To you, everything's funny. You’ve got nothing to regret.
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I'd give all I have honey, if you could stay like that.
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Chorus:
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. Just stay this little.
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Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. It could stay this simple.
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I won't let nobody hurt you. Wont let no one break your heart.
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No one will desert you. Just try to never grow up.
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Instrumental:
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Verse 2:
You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom’s dropping you off
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At 14, there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
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Bridge 2:
But don't make her drop you off around the block. Remember she's getting older too.
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/taylor_swift/never_grow_up_tab_ver_3.html ]
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your P.J.’s getting ready for school
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Chorus:
Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. Just stay this little.
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Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up. It could stay this simple.
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No one's ever burned. Nothing's ever left you scarred.
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Even though you want to, just try to never grow up.
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Interlude:
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Break:
Cadd9 G D
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
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Memorize what it sounded like whet your dad gets home
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Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
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And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I had is someday gonna be gone.
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Verse 3:
So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off.
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It's so much colder than I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on.
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Interlude:
I Wish I’d never grown up
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Wish I’d never grown up.
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(strum)D-D-D-D-DD
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Ooohh, I don't want to grow up
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Wish I'd never grown up
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Could still be little
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Ooohh I don't want to grow up
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Wish I'd never grown up
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It could still be simple
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Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
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Just stay this little
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Oh darling don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
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It could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you. Won't let no one break your heart
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And even through you want to, please try to never grow
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Oh Oh ohm ohhhh
Don't you ever grow up
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Oh ohh oh
Just never grow up
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