Chords for Tom Waits - "I Don't Wanna Grow Up"

Tempo:
173.1 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

B

F#m

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tom Waits - "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" chords
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[E] [D]
Now that I'm around my bed [A] at night, I don't wanna [D] go out.
out [A] all right, I don't wanna go out.
world of [G] fog?
things, [B] makes me wish [F#m] that I could [G] hear you [D] talk.
[D] Open up your eyes, and try to see what you [A] see, I don't [D] wanna go in.
that [A] way, I don't [D] wanna go out.
everything [G] that they [D] never [A]
100%  ➙  173BPM
A
1231
D
1321
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
Bm
13421112
A
1231
D
1321
B
12341112
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To start learning Tom Waits - I Dont Wanna Grow Up chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Bm, F#m and Bm. Begin your practice at a relaxed 43 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 87. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: D# Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ Now that I'm around my bed [A] at night, I don't wanna [D] go out.
_ I'm looking at the ceiling turn out [A] all right, I don't wanna go out.
_ _ [B] How do you [F#m] move in a world of [G] fog?
_ Always [A] changing _ things, [B] makes me wish [F#m] that I could [G] hear you _ [D] _ talk.
[A] _
_ _ [D] Open up your eyes, and try to see what you [A] see, I don't [D] wanna go _ _ _ _ in.
I don't wanna be that [A] way, I don't [D] wanna go out.
_ [Bm] _ Seems like [F#m] folks turn everything [G] that they [D] _ never [A]
want,
_ [Bm] the only thing [F#m] they live for [G] is to stay.
[A] _ _ _
_ [D] I'm on the _ _ last D, he [A] said, I'm _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ on the embarrassing [A] chair, I don't wanna go out.
_ [Bm] I don't wanna [F#m] have to shout it [B] out, I don't want [F#] my head to fall [Bm] out.
I don't wanna [F#] be filled with doubt, [B] I don't wanna [C#] be a good boy [Bm] shout.
I don't wanna [F#] have to turn to count, [B] I don't wanna [F#m] have to be so mean.
[G] _ I [A] don't wanna [D] go out. _ _ _ _
_ Well, when I see my parents [A] fighting, I don't wanna go [D] out.
_ _ They always go out there drinking all [A] night, and I don't [D] wanna go out.
_ [Bm] I'd rather stay [F#m] here in my room, [B] nothing out [F#] there but sad and blue.
[B] I don't wanna live [F#] in a big old tomb [G] on _ Grand [A] Street.
Oh, [D] when I see the 5 [A] o'clock news, I don't wanna [D] go out.
_ _ I don't wanna get in that shiny [A] shoe, I don't wanna go out.
_ _ [Bm] Stay around [F#m] my old hometown, [B] I don't wanna put [F#m] no money down.
[B] I don't wanna get [F#m] in a big old loan, [B] work them [F#] fingers to the [Bm] bone.
I don't [F#] wanna float in [Bm] brooms, fall in love [F#] and get married then [B] boom.
How the [F#] hell did it get so [D] soon?
I _ [A] don't wanna [D] go out. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

It's Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan who authored this song.

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