Growing Up Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Backyard dir[A]t in our veins[D]
Blood of Christ, [A]Sunday morning [D]clothes[G]
We were com[A]ing of [D]age
In the way,
[Bm]way back of a stat[A]ion wagon
Breathing [G]secondhand [Bm]smoke
[G]Ash trays [A]in the kitchen sink

[Verse 2]
[D]
[Bm]
Oprah's on the big [A]TV at [D]four[Bm]
Barbie [A]clothes [G]in a Crown Royal bag
Jesus in the [Bm]liv ing room
Mama's [Asus4]locked
[A]her bedroom [D]door

[Verse 3]
When the [G]way [D]it was was
[G]n't what [D]it seemed
[A]Lemonade stand summers,
prom king [Bm]working at the Dairy Queen
All the [G]stars we [D]hung above
those small-town [A]trees
[Bm]trees
[G]Young hearts still unbroken,
flies [A]by before you know it
[Bm]You move on just the [Asus4]way time [A]does[G]
Till something brings you right back
To [D]growing up, growing
[G][D][G]
[Bm]up
Church field, [A]travel carnival

[Verse 4]
[D]
I'll [Bm]meet you at the [A]Ferris
wheel [D]at ten
[Bm]We'll step across that [A]line,
just as [G]far as we can go
Before it's our [Bm]turn to see how
[A]big the real world [D]is

[Verse 5]
When the [G]way [D]it was was
[G]n't what [D]it seemed
[A]Making out in backseat
[Bm]s behind the Dairy Queen
[G]All the stars we [D]hung above
those [A]small-town trees
[Bm]tree[G]s
Young hearts trying to out run 'em
Prom[A]ise we don't become 'em
Just [Bm]move on [A]the way [G]time does
Till something brings you right back
To [D]growing [G]up, [D]growing up[G]
[A]Now you're six

[Verse 6]
years sober
Taking [G]your mother to her treatments
She says she [A]wants to see the
old house one more [G]time
And [Bm]you can't go back [A]any more
than [G]she can go back
And if you said you didn't miss it,
you'd be ly[A]ing[Asus4]
[A]When the

[Verse 7]
[G]way [D]it was wasn't
[G]what [D]it seemed
[Asus4]Maybe you could trade that freedom
back [D]for [G]some of that naive
All the stars we [D]hung above
those [A]small-town trees
[Bm]trees
[G]Maybe they can remind you
I [A]bet they'd recognize you
You think [Bm]you moved on
[A]but no one really [G]does
Just like [Bm]no one tells you it'll b[A]e this t[G]ough,
this tough
[D]Growing [G]up,[Em] grow[D]ing up

[Outro 1]
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