Intro:
C  G  Am  G 
F    G 
C  G  Am  G
F    

Verse:
C           G               Am        G
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
        F               G 
and its so quiet in the world tonight
C            G       Am              G
your little eyelids flutter cuz your dreamin
     F                        G
so I tuck you in turn on your favourite nightlight


Pre-Chorus:
C                        Am
To you everythings funny,
                         F
Youve got nothing to regret.
                       G
I give all I have honey

if you could stay like that.


Chorus:
C   G              Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F 
dont you ever grow up
     G
just stay this little.
C   G              Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F
dont you ever grow up
         G
It could stay this simple.
           C              Am
I wont let nobody hurt you,
                            F
wont let noone break you heart, 
                          G
yeah noone will desert you

Just try to never grow up.

C  G  Am  G 
F    G
(yeah, never grow up.)

C  G  Am  G 
F    G


Verse:
C           G         Am           G
Your in the car on the way to the movies
          F                 G
and your mortified you moms dropping you off.
C    G               Am            G
At 14 theres just so much you cant do
             F                             G
and you cant wait to move out some day and call you own shots.


Pre-chorus:
C                                              Am                          
But dont make her drop you off around the block,
                                 F       
remember that shes gettin older too.

and dont lose the way that you dance
 G
around in your Pj's gettin ready for school


Chorus:
C   G              Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F 
dont you ever grow up
     G
just stay this little.
C   G              Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F
dont you ever grow up
         G
It could stay this simple.
C                     Am
Noones ever burned you,
                          F
Nothings ever left you scarred,
                            G
and even thought you want to

Just try to never grow up.


C  G  Am  G 
F    G


Bridge:
C                     Am                      G
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room,
C                 F                     G
memorise what it sounded like when your dad gets home.
            C                        Am
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said,
              G
and know your little brothers favourite songs.
C                    F            G
I just realised that everything I have 
                    
is someday gonna be gone.


Verse:
C         G       Am      G
So here I am in my new apartment,
     F                  G
In a big city they just dropped me off.
C           G            Am                G
Its so much colder than I thought it would be,
      F                         G
so I tucked myself in turned my nightlight on.


Pre-Chorus:
C  G Am G F G
Wish Id never grown up, 

C  Am  F  G
wish Id never grown up.


Chorus:
C G       Am         G
Oh I dont wanna grow up,
         F
wish Id never grown up,
         G
I could still be little.
C G       Am          G
Oh I dont wanna grow up,
         F
wish Id never grown up,
          G
It could still be simple.

C   G              Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F 
dont you ever grow up
     G
just stay this little.
C   G              Am        G
Oh darlin dont you ever grow up,
         F
dont you ever grow up
         G
It could stay this simple.
           C              Am
I wont let nobody hurt you,
                            F
wont let noone break you heart, 
                           G
And even though you want to 

please try to never grow up.


C  G  Am  G 
F    G x2

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