Key: [C]
No Capo
Standard Tuning
I believe the strumming patter of the original is
↓ ↓ ↑ ↓ ↑ ↓
but all down strums is an alternative :)
They tell you while [C]you're young
"Girls, go out and have [Am]your fun"
Then they hunt and slay the [Em]ones who [F]actually do [G]it
Criticize the way you [C]fly
When you're soaring through the [Am]sky
Shoot you down and then they [Em]sigh
And say, "She [F]looks like she's been [G]through it"
Lord, what will become of [F]me
Once I've lost my [G]novelty?
[F]I've had [G]too much to [C]drink tonight
And I know it's sad but [C/B]this is what I [Am]think about
And[F] I wake up[G] in the middle of [C]the night
It's like I can[C/B] feel time moving
How can a person know[G] everything
at eighteen[C] but nothing at twenty-two?
And will you [F]still want me [G]when I'm nothing new?
How long will it be cute, [C]all this crying in my [Am]room?
When you can't blame it on my [Em]youth
And roll your [F]eyes with [G]affection
And my cheeks are growing [C]tired
From turning red and faking [Am]smiles
Are we only biding [Em]time 'til I [F]lose your [G]attention
And someone else lights up the [F]room?
People love [G]an ingénue
[F]I've had [G]too much to [C]drink tonight
How did I go from [C/B]growing up to [Am]breaking down?
[F]And I wake [G]up in the middle of the [C]night
It's like I can [C/B]feel time [Am]moving
[F]How can a person know [G]everything at
eighteen [C]but nothing [C/B]at twenty-[Am]two?
And will you [F]still want me [G]when I'm nothing new?
[F]I know someday I'm gonna meet her
It's a[G] fever [F]dream
[F]The kind of radiance you only have at[G] seven[F]teen
[F]She'll know the way and then she'll say she got the [G]map from[F] me
I'll say I'm happy for her then I'll cry[G] myself to[C] sleep
[F]I've had[G] too much to[C] drink tonight
But I wonder if they'll[C/B] miss me once they[Am] drive me out
[F]I wake up[G] in the middle of the[C] night
And I can [C/B]feel time [Am]moving
[F]How can a person know[G] everything at
eighteen[C] but nothing[C/B] at twenty-[Am]two?
And will you[F] still want[G] me
Will you[F] still want[G] me
Will you[F] still want[G] me
When I'm nothing new?
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