Growing Her Wings by Lauren Alaina (Nicolle Galyon & Nicole Witt)
Wildflower
Track 2
2011
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
G: 320033 or 320003
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Em: x22000
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by A, D, E & F#m)
Intro: G C x 4
G
Brother's in the backyard diggin' in the dirt
D
Mama's in the kitchen in an old t-shirt
G C
Daddy's diesel's coming up the street
G D G C
And she's in her bedroom growing her wings
G
"Ready to Run" in her headphones
D
Pretty in pink on all ten toes
G C
Nose in a Cosmo magazine
G
All the junk mama says, she's too young to read
D G
Little do they know she's growing her wings
Em C
They got her whole life on lockdown
G D
Doing time behind her bedroom door
Em C
I guess it's alright for right now
G D
But outside her window there's so much
Em
More room for running and space to discover
G C
A whole wide world to see
G C
She's dreaming 'bout the girl she's gonna be
G D G C
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
G
The neighbor boy taught her how to French kiss
D
And daddy's got eyes in the back of his head
G C
He said, no dating 'til you're eighteen
G D G
Now she’s in her room grounded, growing her wings
Em C
They got her whole life on lockdown
G D
Doing time behind her bedroom door
Em C
I guess it's alright for right now
G D
But outside her window there's so much
Em
More room for running and space to discover
G C
A whole wide world to see
G C
She's dreaming 'bout the girl she's gonna be
G D G
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
(D) Em C
She wants to flyyyyyyyyyy and never look down
G C
But tonight she's tucked inside a tiny little town
Em C G D Em C G
In a little twin bed all safe and sound
D
And there's so much
Em
More room for running and space to discover
G C
A whole wide world to see
G C
She's dreaming 'bout the girl she's gonna be
G D G
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
C G C G
Growing her wings
End on G