Chords
Coming Of Age

Key: C

Introduction:

 C                 G/B                 Am                     G 
Coming of age ain't about what you do
                         C           G/B                 Am 
It's giving in to what's predefined
                   C                           G/B       Am               G 
When you trade all your dreams for compromise
             C                   G/B                   Am 
It is never what you have in mind

 C                     G/B       Am                     G 
One shot of happy, two shots of sad
 C                           G/B                 Am 
That's how our lives are aligned
         C                           G/B                   Am                             G 
The path that you chose has got highs, it's got lows
                   F                     G                   C 
But it's never what you have in mind
                         Am       G                 C   G/B       F         C 
I must say that I still wonder why         it disappears
           G/B           Am       G                 C   G/B         F                                     Am 
Must say that I still wonder why         the years keep tumbling by

 C                 G/B                 Am                     G 
Coming of age ain't about who you meet
                               C                     G/B               Am 
It's 'bout the people who leave you behind
           C                             G/B                   Am                       G 
Your brothers, your parents, your lovers, your friends
             C                   G/B                 Am 
It is never what you have in mind
 C                     G/B       Am                       G 
One shot of happy, two shots of sad
       C                           G/B               Am 
We know we might run out of time
                   C                       G/B                         Am             G 
But when it comes to living, dying's the easy part
             F                     G 
Not exactly what you had in mind
             Am                 G                   C   G/B   F                     C 
  I really doubt that I'll find out           why it disappears
     G/B       Am                 G                   C   G/B                     F                             Am 
I really doubt that I'll find out         what these years are all about

                     C                       G/B                     Am                         G 
You might ask if these thoughts that I just summed up
               C         G/B                   Am 
Are of any importance to you
             C                           G/B                           Am                       G 
Maybe not, but when things don't turn out like you planned
       C                                   G/B                   Am 
It helps to know that they never do
                 C                               G/B                                     Am                           G 
Besides,   if each shot of happy comes with only   two shots of sad
           F                   G                   Am 
Then coming of age is not so bad
           F                   G                   Am 
Then coming of age is not so bad
           F                   G                   C   G/B   Am   G   F   G   Am 
Then coming of age is not so bad.