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[Verse 1]
[G]I was walking down
57th Street towards Park
[D]With the same old song
in my same old heart
Making [Em]plans,
I'm gonna do when I get [C]older
I passed a [G]grey- haired man,
he found my eyes
It's like he [D]knew my thoughts
and he read my mind
Saying, [Em]"Life is gonna find you
when it's [C]supposed to"

[Verse 2]
I felt my [Em]feet stopped short
and I turned my head
Tried to [G]lean into every [Bm]word
[A]he said
And then he [C]said

[Verse 3]
"When you are [G]younger,
you'll [C]wish you're [G]older
Then [C]when you're [G]older,
you'll wish for [D]time to turn around
Don't [B]let your [Em]wonder turn [C]into closure
When you get [G]older, when you get [D]older"

[Verse 4]
[G]Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh-
[C]oh, oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
[Em]Oh, [D]oh- oh, oh- oh-
oh, oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
Oh, oh- [G]oh, oh- oh- oh, oh,
[C]oh- oh- [G]oh,[C] oh
[Em]Oh, oh- [D]oh, oh- oh- oh

[Verse 5]
Have I [G]killed my thoughts
right before their prime?
Have I [D]bit my tongue one
too many times?
Have I [Em]said it all [G]the way I [Em]really [C]meant to?
If I [G]wait 'til my tomorrow comes
Is the [D]waiting all I've ever [B]done?[Em]
And will I [C]get to?

[Verse 6]
Will I [Em]ride the flood? Open up the dam
Will I [D]be the man I really [A]am?
And under[C]stand

[Verse 7]
"That when you're [G]younger,
you'll [C]wish you're [G]older
Then [C]when you're [G]older,
you'll wish for [D]time to turn around
Don't [B]let your [Em]wonder turn into [C]closure
When you get [G]older,
when you get [D]older"

[Verse 8]
Oh, oh- oh, oh- [G]oh- oh,
[C]oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
[Em]Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh,
[D]oh,[G] oh- oh- oh, oh
[Am]Oh, oh- oh, [G]oh- oh- oh, [C]oh, oh- oh- oh, oh
[D]Oh, [Em]oh- oh, oh- oh- oh[D]

[Verse 9]
When you are [G]younger,
[Am]you'll wish [G]you're older[C]
And when you're [Em]older,
you'll wish for [D]time to turn around
Don't let your [G]wonder turn into [C]closure
When [D]you get [Em]older,

[Verse 10]
when you get older
[D]Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh, oh,
[G]oh- oh- oh, oh[C]
[Em]Oh, oh- oh, oh- oh- oh, oh,
[D]oh- oh- oh, oh
Oo[C]h, ooh, ooh, oo[D]h[C]
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