Chords for When I Get Older
Tempo:
92.75 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Bb
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Eb
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb] When I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna be stronger, [Bb] so I can lift up the whole entire world.
I'm gonna hold [Eb] it, and lift it higher, [Bb] higher than it's been before.
[C] When I hear music, [Ebm] I get [Bb] excited, I'm gonna sing songs to the whole entire world.
And when the whole world [Eb] sings to the music, [Bb] that's when I'll know it worked.
[Db] But my friends say [Eb] I'm still a baby, [Bbm] threw [Db] away [Eb] my baby shoes.
[Db] Well excuse me, [Eb] I'm going sailing [Db] into the [Ab] ocean blue.
[Eb] When [Bb] I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna be wilder, [Bb] and write poetry in my spare time.
[Eb] I'll use some [Ab] very interesting metaphors, [Bb] and post my poems [Ab] online.
Here's a [Bbm] poem about rain, [Ab] [Bbm] water of planets [Ab] that it creates.
[Bbm] I wonder if we're [Ab] feeling this way, [Gb] I wonder [Db] if it [Ab] seems [Ebm] okay.
[Bbm] Here's a poem about fame,
[Ab] [Bbm] the strange things [Ab] these people say.
[Bbm] And the strange world that [Fm] hears them say it, [Db] almost [Ebm] every single day.
[Bb] When I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna drive slowly, [F] till I [Bbm] get to [Cm] all the [Bb] places I'm gone.
And when I get there, I'm [Cm] gonna drive backwards, till we get [Bb] home again.
[Cm] [Bbm] And I'm faced with [Ab] so many changes, [Bbm] that just might [Ab] change my face.
[Db] But face pain [Ab] seems a bit tainted, [Gb] that [Db] just might be my brain.
[Bb] When I get younger, [Ebm] I'm gonna be a liar, [Bb] I'll be lying about being so young.
And when I'm older, I'll [Eb] be more truthful, [Cm] than a liar [F] about singing [Bb] this [Bbm] song.
Then the song will sing me.
[Ab] [Db] The song won't sing [Ab] for free, [Db] and I don't quite know [Fm] what it means.
[Db] And it feels like the song [Ab] knows me, [Db] then I'm hearing it in my
[Ab] dreams.
[Db] Each dream seems [Ab] pretty sweet, [Bbm] and the music cured [Ab] my disease.
[Db] Then the song's gonna be.
[Bb] When I get older, I'm gonna [Eb] be stronger, [Bb] so I can lift up the whole entire world.
I'm gonna hold it, and lift it higher.
Then I'll lift it more.
I'm gonna hold [Eb] it, and lift it higher, [Bb] higher than it's been before.
[C] When I hear music, [Ebm] I get [Bb] excited, I'm gonna sing songs to the whole entire world.
And when the whole world [Eb] sings to the music, [Bb] that's when I'll know it worked.
[Db] But my friends say [Eb] I'm still a baby, [Bbm] threw [Db] away [Eb] my baby shoes.
[Db] Well excuse me, [Eb] I'm going sailing [Db] into the [Ab] ocean blue.
[Eb] When [Bb] I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna be wilder, [Bb] and write poetry in my spare time.
[Eb] I'll use some [Ab] very interesting metaphors, [Bb] and post my poems [Ab] online.
Here's a [Bbm] poem about rain, [Ab] [Bbm] water of planets [Ab] that it creates.
[Bbm] I wonder if we're [Ab] feeling this way, [Gb] I wonder [Db] if it [Ab] seems [Ebm] okay.
[Bbm] Here's a poem about fame,
[Ab] [Bbm] the strange things [Ab] these people say.
[Bbm] And the strange world that [Fm] hears them say it, [Db] almost [Ebm] every single day.
[Bb] When I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna drive slowly, [F] till I [Bbm] get to [Cm] all the [Bb] places I'm gone.
And when I get there, I'm [Cm] gonna drive backwards, till we get [Bb] home again.
[Cm] [Bbm] And I'm faced with [Ab] so many changes, [Bbm] that just might [Ab] change my face.
[Db] But face pain [Ab] seems a bit tainted, [Gb] that [Db] just might be my brain.
[Bb] When I get younger, [Ebm] I'm gonna be a liar, [Bb] I'll be lying about being so young.
And when I'm older, I'll [Eb] be more truthful, [Cm] than a liar [F] about singing [Bb] this [Bbm] song.
Then the song will sing me.
[Ab] [Db] The song won't sing [Ab] for free, [Db] and I don't quite know [Fm] what it means.
[Db] And it feels like the song [Ab] knows me, [Db] then I'm hearing it in my
[Ab] dreams.
[Db] Each dream seems [Ab] pretty sweet, [Bbm] and the music cured [Ab] my disease.
[Db] Then the song's gonna be.
[Bb] When I get older, I'm gonna [Eb] be stronger, [Bb] so I can lift up the whole entire world.
I'm gonna hold it, and lift it higher.
Then I'll lift it more.
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[Bb] When I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna be stronger, [Bb] so I can lift up the whole entire world.
I'm gonna hold [Eb] it, and lift it higher, [Bb] higher than it's been before.
_ _ _ _ _
[C] When I hear music, [Ebm] I get [Bb] excited, I'm gonna sing songs to the whole entire world.
And when the whole world [Eb] sings to the music, [Bb] that's when I'll know it worked.
[Db] But my friends say [Eb] I'm still a baby, [Bbm] threw [Db] away [Eb] my baby shoes.
[Db] Well excuse me, [Eb] I'm going sailing [Db] _ into the [Ab] ocean blue. _
[Eb] When [Bb] I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna be wilder, [Bb] and write poetry in my spare time.
_ [Eb] I'll use some [Ab] very interesting metaphors, [Bb] and post my poems [Ab] online.
Here's a [Bbm] poem about rain, [Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] water of planets [Ab] that it creates.
[Bbm] I wonder if we're [Ab] feeling this way, [Gb] I wonder [Db] if it [Ab] seems [Ebm] okay.
[Bbm] Here's a poem about fame, _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] the strange things [Ab] these people say.
[Bbm] And the strange world that [Fm] hears them say it, [Db] almost [Ebm] every single day.
[Bb] When I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna drive slowly, [F] till I [Bbm] get to [Cm] all the [Bb] places I'm gone.
And when I get there, I'm [Cm] gonna drive backwards, till we get [Bb] home again.
[Cm] [Bbm] And I'm faced with [Ab] so many changes, [Bbm] that just might [Ab] change my face.
[Db] But face pain [Ab] seems a bit tainted, [Gb] that [Db] just might be my brain.
[Bb] When I get younger, [Ebm] I'm gonna be a liar, [Bb] I'll be lying about being so young.
And when I'm older, I'll [Eb] be more truthful, [Cm] than a liar [F] about singing [Bb] this [Bbm] song.
Then the song will sing me.
[Ab] _ _ [Db] The song won't sing [Ab] for free, [Db] and I don't quite know [Fm] what it means.
[Db] And it feels like the song [Ab] knows me, [Db] then I'm hearing it in my _ _
[Ab] _ dreams.
[Db] Each dream seems [Ab] pretty sweet, [Bbm] and the music cured [Ab] my disease.
_ [Db] Then the song's gonna be.
[Bb] When I get older, I'm gonna [Eb] be stronger, [Bb] so I can lift up the whole entire world.
I'm gonna hold it, and lift it higher. _ _ _ _
Then I'll lift it more.
I'm gonna hold [Eb] it, and lift it higher, [Bb] higher than it's been before.
_ _ _ _ _
[C] When I hear music, [Ebm] I get [Bb] excited, I'm gonna sing songs to the whole entire world.
And when the whole world [Eb] sings to the music, [Bb] that's when I'll know it worked.
[Db] But my friends say [Eb] I'm still a baby, [Bbm] threw [Db] away [Eb] my baby shoes.
[Db] Well excuse me, [Eb] I'm going sailing [Db] _ into the [Ab] ocean blue. _
[Eb] When [Bb] I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna be wilder, [Bb] and write poetry in my spare time.
_ [Eb] I'll use some [Ab] very interesting metaphors, [Bb] and post my poems [Ab] online.
Here's a [Bbm] poem about rain, [Ab] _ _ _ [Bbm] water of planets [Ab] that it creates.
[Bbm] I wonder if we're [Ab] feeling this way, [Gb] I wonder [Db] if it [Ab] seems [Ebm] okay.
[Bbm] Here's a poem about fame, _
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] the strange things [Ab] these people say.
[Bbm] And the strange world that [Fm] hears them say it, [Db] almost [Ebm] every single day.
[Bb] When I get older, [Eb] I'm gonna drive slowly, [F] till I [Bbm] get to [Cm] all the [Bb] places I'm gone.
And when I get there, I'm [Cm] gonna drive backwards, till we get [Bb] home again.
[Cm] [Bbm] And I'm faced with [Ab] so many changes, [Bbm] that just might [Ab] change my face.
[Db] But face pain [Ab] seems a bit tainted, [Gb] that [Db] just might be my brain.
[Bb] When I get younger, [Ebm] I'm gonna be a liar, [Bb] I'll be lying about being so young.
And when I'm older, I'll [Eb] be more truthful, [Cm] than a liar [F] about singing [Bb] this [Bbm] song.
Then the song will sing me.
[Ab] _ _ [Db] The song won't sing [Ab] for free, [Db] and I don't quite know [Fm] what it means.
[Db] And it feels like the song [Ab] knows me, [Db] then I'm hearing it in my _ _
[Ab] _ dreams.
[Db] Each dream seems [Ab] pretty sweet, [Bbm] and the music cured [Ab] my disease.
_ [Db] Then the song's gonna be.
[Bb] When I get older, I'm gonna [Eb] be stronger, [Bb] so I can lift up the whole entire world.
I'm gonna hold it, and lift it higher. _ _ _ _
Then I'll lift it more.