-Intro-
DABmAGA... DABmAG...
DABmA
Your little hands wrapped around my finger
GA
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
DA
Your little eyelids
BmA
Flutter cause you're dreaming
G
So I tuck you in
A
Turn on your favorite night light
GBm
To you, everything's funny
G
You got nothing to regret
A
I'd give all I have honey
(A)
If you could stay like that
DABmA
Oohhh darling don't you ever grow up,
G
Don't you ever grow up
AD
Just stay this little
ABmA
Ohh darling don't you ever grow up,
G
Don't you ever grow up
AG
It could stay this simple
Bm
I won't let nobody hurt you
G
Wont let no one break your heart
A
No one will desert you
DABmAGA
Just try to never grow up
DABmAGA
Never grow up
DABmA
You're in the car on the way to the movies
GA
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
DABmA
At fourteen, there's just so much you can't do
G
And you can't wait to move out
A
Someday and call your own shots
GBm
But don't make her drop you off around the block
G
Remember that she's getting older too
(G)
And don't lose the way that you dance
A
Around in your PJs getting ready for school
DABmA
Oh darling don't you ever grow up,
G
Don't you ever grow up
AD
Just stay this little
ABmA
Oh darling don't you ever grow up,
G
Don't you ever grow up
AG
It could stay this simple
Bm
And no one's ever burned you
G
Nothin's ever left you scarred
A
And even though you want to
DABmAGA
Just try to never grow up
GDAG
Take pictures in your mind of your childhood rooOOoom
DA
Memorize what is sounded like what your dad gets home
GD
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
Asus4A
And all your little brother's favorite songs
GDAsus4A
I just realized everything I had is someday gonna be gone
DABmA
So here I am in my new apartment
GA
In a big city, they just dropped me off
DABmA
It's so much colder than I thought it would be
GAGDAsus4
So I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on
GDAsus4
Wish I'd never grown up
A
I wish I'd never grown up
DABmA
Ohhh, I don't want to grow up
G
Wish I'd never grown up
A
Could still be little
DABmA
Ooohh I don't want to grow up
G
Wish I'd never grown up
AD
It could still be simple
ABmA
Oh darling don't you ever grow up,
G
Don't you ever grow up
AD
Just stay this little
ABmA
Oh darling don't you ever grow up,
G
Don't you ever grow up
AD
It could stay this simple
ABmAG
Ooooh, I won't let nobody hurt you
ADA
Won't let no one break your heart
BmAG
And even though you want too
AD
Please try to never grow up
ABmAGAD
Ohhhohoh,ohhoh, don't you ever grow up
ABmAGAD -once
Ohhhoh,(never grow up) just never grow up
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.