Teenage Dream - Olivia Rodrigo, guitar chords

Published: 2023-11-29 17:17
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

Intro: C Am F x2

Verse:
        C                   Am
When  gonna stop being wise beyond my years
     F
And just start being wise?
        C                      Am                   F
When  gonna stop being a pretty young thing to guys?
        C                    Am
When  gonna stop being great for my age
     F
And just start being good?
           C                         Am               F
When will it stop being cool to be quietly misunderstood?

Chorus:
      Em            E7             F         C
Iʼll blow out the candles, happy birthday to me
           Em         E7                  F        C
Got your whole life ahead of you, youʼre only nineteen
       Dm                                              Fm
But I fear that they already got all the best parts of me
         Dm                                     Fm
And Iʼm sorry that I couldnʼt always be your teenage dream

Verse:
           C                       Am
When does wide-eyed affection and all good intentions
  F
Start to not be enough?
           C                   Am                 F
When will everyone have every reason to call all my bluffs?
          C                 Am
When are all my excuses of learning my lessons
        F
Gonna start to feel sad?
         C                       Am                   F
Will I spend all the rest of my years wishinʼ I could Go back?

Chorus:
      Em            E7             F         C
Iʼll blow out the candles, happy birthday to me
           Em         E7                  F        C
Got your whole life ahead of you, youʼre only nineteen
       Dm                                              Fm
But I fear that they already got all the best parts of me
         Dm                                     Fm
And Iʼm sorry that I couldnʼt always be your teenage dream

Bridge:
 C                Em               F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
       C                Em               F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I donʼt?
 C                Em               F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
       C                Em               F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I donʼt?
 C                Em               F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
       C                Em               F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I donʼt?
 C                Em               F                  Fm
They all say that it gets better, it gets better the more you grow
       C                Em               F                   Fm
Yeah, they all say that it gets better, it gets better, but what if I donʼt?

C G Am Fm x2