Capo 4
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Am
Remember back in seventh grade?
Em
Endless games of truth or dare,
F
Double dates to Shea’s Arcades,
Em
When I close my eyes I’m there
Am
I think my mother took this picture
Em
Back when we were all just friends.
F
Memories that fade and flicker
Em
Burn again when I pretend.
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Am
Life is short and life is strange,
Em
Troubled now and troubled past.
F
Times have changed, they rearrange
Em
and little girls grow up so fast
Am
Feel it as it grows inside me,
Em
swirling ball of anguished cries,
F
Haunted, daunted, so unwanted.
Em
Feel it’s anger in me rise.
Dm G
Dream a dream, then dash another,
C F
Life is there to interrupt.
Dm G
Someone out there, call my mother.
Am F
Look at me, I’m all grown up.
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Am
All those years she scrimped and saved,
Em
And now, of course, it comes to this.
F
“If only Ivy had behaved,"
Em
Or learned to stop at just a kiss.
Am
It hits me, paralyzing shudder,
Em
Face the music, take a bow.
F
Just another unwed mother,
Em
One more sad statistic now.
Dm G
Dream a dream, then dash another,
C F
Life is there to interrupt.
Dm G
Someone out there, call my mother.
Am F
Look at me, I’m all grown up.
Em
Look at me, I’m all grown up…
F#m C#m
Little lies and big decisions,
F#m C#m
Who to tell, and where to go,
F#m Bm
Follow someone else’s vision,
C#
Or trust my own, cause I don’t know!
F#m C#m
Am I supposed to love this child?
F#m C#m
Is it just that simple, then?
F#m Bm
Tell me how this change will happen,
G#
Tell me how and tell me when!
C#
Tell me how and tell me when!
F#m B
Dream a dream, then dash another,
E A
Life is there to interrupt.
F#m B
Someone out there, tell my mother.
E G#
Look at me, I’m all grown up.
F#m B
Story ends in total damage.
E A
It’s an unforgiving world.
F#m B
Seventeen, how will I manage?
E G#
How can I?
C#m
I’m just a girl.
C#