Intro G Verse G C G My grandpa gave me a wheat penny and I kept it in my pocket G D I had big plans in my back yard to build me a space rocket G C G I talked to my brother on a fake CB that I made from a tic-tac box G D G I packed my snowballs nice and tight and in the middle I put rocks Pre-Chorus C G Don’t trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of a chain G D D Don’t go spending Grandpa’s pennies buying into the game Chorus C G You gotta keep your heart young D Em Don’t go growin old before your time has come C G You can’t take back what you have done D G You’ve gotta keep your heart young Verse G C G Dad took the wheels off of my bike and he pushed me down the hill G D But speed got the best of me and I took my first spill G C G That was back when alcohol was only used on cuts G D G It stung like hell so I jerked my leg and momma said it’d give me guts Pre-Chorus C G Don’t trade in your tic-tac box for a ball on the end of a chain G D Don’t go spending Grandpa’s pennies buying into the game Chorus C G You gotta keep your heart young D Em Don’t go growin old before your time has come C G You can’t take back what you have done D G You’ve gotta keep your heart young Verse G C G So take a picture of the one you love and put it in a locket G D Go dig up your time capsule and the blueprints for your rocket G C G Keep in touch on a fake CB, that same old tic-tac box G D G Pack your snowballs a little less tight but in the middle - still put rocks Chorus C G And keep your heart young D Em Don’t go growin old before your time has come C G You can’t take back what you have done D G You’ve gotta keep your heart young Outro C G You gotta keep your heart young D Sometimes you don’t die quick Em Just like you wished you’d done C G Though love is a loaded gun D G You’ve gotta keep your heart young C G C You can’t take back what you have done is done D G Am G You’ve gotta keep your heart young
