Key: C
Introduction:
C
They tell you while you're young
Am
Girls, go out and have your fun
Em
Then they hunt and slay the ones
F G
Who actually do it
C
Criticize the way you fly
Am
When you're soaring through the sky
Em
Shoot you down and then they sigh and say
F G
She looks like she's been through it
F
Lord, what will become of me
G
Once I've lost my novelty?
F G C
I've had too much to drink tonight
C/B Am
And I know it's sad, but this is what I think about
F G C
And I wake up in the middle of the night
C/B Am
It's like I can feel time moving
F G
How can a person know everything at eighteen
C C/B Am
But nothing at twenty-two?
F
And will you still want me
G C
When I'm nothing new?
C
How long will it be cute
Am
All this crying in my room?
Em
When you can't blame it on my youth
F G
And roll your eyes with affection
C
And my cheeks are growing tired
Am
From turning red and faking smiles
Em
Are we only biding time
F G
'Til I lose your attention?
F
And someone else lights up the room?
G
People love an ingénue
F G
I've had (I've had)
C
Too much to drink tonight
C/B Am
How did I go from growing up to breaking down?
F G
And I wake up (wake up)
C
In the middle of the night
C/B Am
It's like I can feel time moving
F G
How can a person know everything at eighteen
C C/B Am
But nothing at twenty-two?
F
And will you still want me
G C
When I'm nothing new?
F
I know someday I'm gonna meet her
G F
It's a fever dream
F G F
The kind of radiance you only have at seventeen
F G F
She'll know the way and then she'll say she got the map from me
F
I'll say I'm happy for her
G C
Then I'll cry myself to sleep
Am Em F C Am Em F
Oh woah ohh, oh woah ohh, oh, oh
F G
I've had (I've had)
C
Too much to drink tonight
Am
But I wonder if they’ll miss me once they drive me out
F G
And I wake up (wake up)
C
In the middle of the night
Am
It's like I can feel time moving
F G
How can a person know everything at eighteen
C C/B Am
But nothing at twenty-two?
F
And will you still want me
G F
Will you still want me?
G F
Will you still want me?
G
When I'm nothing new?