INTRO:
C, Csus2, C, Csus2 x4
One Two One Two three Four
VERSE 1:
F
Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old
C
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold
G F
All the kids are talking slang I won't pretend to understand
C G C
All my friends are getting married Mortgages and pension plans
F
And it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done
C
And I'm happy and I'm settled in the person I've become
G F
But that doesn't mean I'm settled up and sitting out the game
A D (let chord ring)
Time may change a lot But some things they stay the same
CHORUS:
You could either sit this out as in the studio version the guitar
stops playing or you could play either the chords shown here or the
bass line which is how i play it
Dm F G C
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--------------0----5--------|
E|----0----3------------------|
D
And I won't sit down
F G C
And I won't shut up
D F G C
And most of all i will not grow up x
BRIDGE:
C, Csus2, C, Csus2
VERSE 2:
F
Oh Maturity's a wrapped-up package deal or so it seems
C
Ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your dreams
G F
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you will
C G C
have to grow up be an adult Yeah be bored and unfulfilled
F
But no one's yet explained to me exactly what's so great
C
about slaving years away on something that you hate
G F
About meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity
A D (Let chord ring)
Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for me
CHORUS:
D
And I won't sit down
F G C
And I won't shut up
D F G C
And most of all i will not grow up x
BRIDGE:
Am G F
And if all you ever do with your life is Just photosynthesise
F/E
then you'll deserve every hour of your sleepless nights
D G C
that you waste wondering when you're gonna die
VIOLIN SOLO Follows the same chord pattern as the Verses
F,
C,
G, F,
G, C,
BREAKDOWN same as the chorus i play the bassline
D, F, G, C (x2)
D
And I'll Play
F G C
And You Sing
D F G C
The perfect way for the evening to begin x
FINAL CHORUS - play full chords:
(pause) D
And I won't sit down
F G C
And I won't shut up
D F G C
And most of all i will not grow up
D
And I won't sit down
F G C
And I won't shut up
D F G C
And most of all i will not grow up