Key: C
Introduction: C C/B Am G F G C C/B Am G F
C C/B Am G
Your little hand' s wrapped around my finger
F G
and it' s so quiet in the world tonight
C C/B Am G
your little eyelids flutter ' cause you' re dreamin'
F G
so I tuck you in, turn on your favorite nightlight
F Am
To you, everything' s funny,
F
You' ve got nothing to regret.
G
I' d give all I have honey
if you could stay like that.
C C/B Am G
Oh, darlin' don' t you ever grow up,
F
don' t you ever grow up
G
just stay this little.
C C/B Am G
Oh, darlin' dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
It could stay this simple.
F Am
I won' t let nobody hurt you,
F
won' t let no one break your heart,
G
yeah, no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up.
F G
(yeah, never grow up.)
C C/B Am G
You' re in the car on the way to the movies
F G
and you' re mortified your mom' s dropping you off.
C C/B Am G
At 14, there' s just so much you can' t do
F G
and you can' t wait to move out some day and call your own shots.
F Am
But don' t make her drop you off around the block,
F
remember that she' s getting older too.
and don' t lose the way that you dance
G
around in your PJs gettin' ready for school
C C/B Am G
Oh, darlin' don' t you ever grow up,
F
don' t you ever grow up
G
just stay this little.
C C/B Am G
Oh, darlin' don' t you ever grow up,
F
don' t you ever grow up
G
It could stay this simple.
F Am
No ones ever burned you,
F
Nothing' s ever left you scarred,
G
and even though you want to
Just try to never grow up.
F C G
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room,
F C G
memorise what it sounded like when your dad gets home.
F C
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said,
G
and know your little brother' s favourite songs.
F C G
I just realised everything I have
is someday gonna be gone.
C C/B Am G
So here I am in my new apartment,
F G
In a big city, they just dropped me off.
C C/B Am G
It' s so much colder than I thought it would be,
F G
so I tuck myself, and turn my nightlight on.
F C G
...Wish I' d never grown up,
F C G
wish I' d never grown up.
C C/B Am G
Oh, I don' t wanna grow up,
F
wish I' d never grown up,
G
I could still be little.
C C/B Am G
Oh, I don' t wanna grow up,
F
wish I' d never grown up,
G
It could still be simple.
C C/B Am G
Oh, darlin' don' t you ever grow up,
F
don' t you ever grow up,
G
just stay this little.
C C/B Am G
Oh, darlin' dont you ever grow up,
F
dont you ever grow up
G
It could stay this simple.
C C/B Am G F
I won' t let nobody hurt you,
G C C/B
won' t let no one break your heart,
Am G F
And even though you want to,
G
please try to never grow up.