I don´t wanna grow up

C G C

1. When I´m lying in my bed at night, I don´t wanna grow up,

G C

nothing ever seems to turn out right, I don´t wanna grow up.

Am Em F G

How do you move in a world of fog that´s always changing things,

Am Em F - G

makes wish that I could be a dog.

C G C

2. When I see the price that you pay, I don´t wanna grow up,

\ G C

I don´t ever want to be that way, I don´t wanna grow up.

Am Em F G

Seems that folks turn into things that they never want,

Am Em F - G

the only thing to live for is today.

C G C

3. I´m gonna put a hole in my TV-set, I don´t wanna grow up,

G C

open up my medicine-chest, I don´t wanna grow up.

Am Em

I don´t wanna have to shout it out,

Am Em

I don´t want my hair to fall out,

Am Em

I don´t wanna be filled with doubt,

Am Em

I don´t wanna be a good boy-scout,

Am Em

I don´t wanna have to learn to count

Am Em F G C

I don´t wanna have the biggest amount, I don´t wanna grow up.

C G C

3. Well, when I see my parents fight, I don´t wanna grow up,

G C

they all go out and drink all night, I don´t wanna grow up.

Am Em F G

I´d rather stay here in my room, nothing out there but sad and gloom

Am Em F G

I don´t wanna live in a big old tomb on Grand Street.

C G C

4. When I see the five o´clock news, I don´t wanna grow up,

G C

comb their hair and shine their shoes, I don´t wanna grow up.

Am Em

Stay around in my old home town,

Am Em

I don´t wanna put no money down,

Am Em

I don´t wanna get a big old loan,

Am Em

work them fingers to the bone,

Am Em

I don´t wanna float on a broom,

Am Em

fall in love, get married, then boom,

Am Em F G C

how the hell did I get here so soon, I don´t wanna grow up.

(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Ramones)