Growing Older But Not Up Chords by Jimmy Buffett

[Abm] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] I've rounded first, I never thought of the worst,
[B] As I studied the shortstop's position.
_ Didn't crack with my leg like the shell of an egg,
[E] Someone call a decent physician.
_ _ [A] _ I'm no hero, _ _ _ [Abm] I can't [A] pretend,
_ Though my mind's still [E] quite flexible,
[B] These brittle bones don't bend.
[A] I'm growing [E] old, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Abm] Ruins of time [A] blow over my head.
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Sometimes I see me as an old _ [B] manatee,
Heading south as the waters grow colder.
_ _ Try to steer clear of the horn drum so [D] near,
It [E] cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder.
_ _ [A] _ Though _ _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ his body's [E] quite flexible,
[B] That barnacle brain [E] don't bend. _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
To [B] valigrate this pleasantly stuck, _
[Abm] Let the winds of change [A] blow over my head.
[B] I'd rather die while _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] I'm young,
So [E] don't get me wrong, this is not a sad song,
Just [B] events that I have happened to witness,
And time takes its toll.
As we head for the pole,
No [E] one dies from physical fitness.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] We'll take it right to [A] the end,
As these days [E] grow so complicated.
[B] The _ [E] nightlife still wins.
I'm growing old,
But not a _ _ _ [B] great displeasure.
This stuck,
[Em] [Abm] Let the winds of time blow [A] over my [Em] head.
I'd [B] rather die while I'm young,
_ _ [E] _ Let [Abm] the winds of change [A] blow over my head.
[B] I'd rather _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ die _ _ _ _ while I'm young,
So don't get me wrong, this is not a sad song,
_ _ [B] _ [E] Just events that I have happened to witness. _
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