Published: 2024-04-16 14:15 Selection chords: Sarah Harris
Tonality
Refrain:
GAmEm
You are not alone, young child
C
Young child
GAmEm
You are not alone, young child
C
Young child
Verse:
GAmEm
If somebody told me Iʼd die at 40
CG
I wouldnʼt have spent my time in bed
AmEm
Writinʼ my dumb songs, my growinʼ up songs
CG
I shoulda just grown up instead
Refrain:
GAmEm
You are not alone, young child
C
Young child
Verse:
GAmEm
Now all of the interns are no longer interns
CG
How long have I been out of town?
AmEm
ʼCause sometimes I wonder if I had kissed her
CC
How different life would be right now
Pre-chorus:
AmEmDC
I smile when I cry to hide what I felt
CAmEmDC
"Iʼm doinʼ fine", speak for yourself
AmCGD
I shoulda just asked for help...
Chorus:
GAm
Hey...
EmC
Itʼs 2085 and weʼre old as ***
G
What ver
Am
Hey
EmCC
Iʼd hate to have to die ʼfore I get my head together
G
Whatever
AmEmC
(You are not alone, young child, young child)
Verse:
GAmEm
So finish your work now; itʼs gettinʼ warm out
CG
If you got friends, donʼt let them leave
AmEm
I turned 20-somethinʼ; it didnʼt mean nothing
CG
ʼCause not one of them were there to see
Refrain:
GAmEm
You are not alone, young child
C
Young child
Verse:
GAmEm
And Go tell your grandson to Go tell his grandson
CG
You donʼt have to try so hard, ya know
AmEm
ʼCause I spent my whole life tryna be so liked
CC
That only made him hate me more
Pre-chorus:
AmEm
Did I make you proud?
DC
Did I screw this up?
CAmEm
Sing with me now
DC
Itʼs all that Iʼve got
AmCGD
To know if I did or not... (Okay, okay)
Chorus:
GAm
Hey...
EmC
Itʼs 2085 and weʼre old as ***
G
Whatever
Am
Hey
EmCC
Iʼd hate to have to die ʼfore I get my head together
C
Together
C
Together
G
Whatever
AmEmC
(You are not alone, young child, young child)
G
Whatever
AmEmD
(You are not alone, young child, young child)
Whatever
Bridge:
DBmF#G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
GmD
You gotta get better; youʼre all that Iʼve got
BmF#G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
GmD
Donʼt take forever; youʼre not here for long
AmGF#mBm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ah-ah-ah-ah
F#mGGmD
You gotta get better; youʼre all that Iʼve got
DAmGF#mBmF#mGGm
Verse:
DF#
I wish I was me, whoever that is
Bm
I could just be and not give a ***
G
Hey, Iʼll be whatever makes you a fan
GmA
ʼCause I donʼt know who the hell I am
F#
I think itʼs too late to figure this out
Bm
If I could be me, I wouldʼve been it by now
G
Maybe Iʼm a stone, or big as my house
GmA
It looks like our time is runninʼ out
F#
So if this is me, then Iʼll Do my best
Bm
Iʼll take all the ***, so youʼll never have to
G
You can be you, and Iʼll be the rest
GmD
And maybe thatʼs who the hell I am
Outro:
BmF#mG
Ah-ah-ah-ah ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
GmD
You gotta get better; youʼre all that Iʼve got
BmF#mG
Ah-ah-ah-ah oh-oh-oh-oh
GmD
Donʼt take forever; youʼre not here for long
AmGF#mBm
Da-da-da-da da-da-da-da
F#mGGmD
You gotta get better; youʼre all that Iʼve got
AmGF#mBm
Da-da-da-da da-da-da-da
F#mGGmD
But donʼt take forever; youʼre not here for long
AmGF#mBm
Mm-mm-mm-mm. mm-mm-mm-mm
F#mGGmD
I gotta get better; Iʼm all that Iʼve got
AmGF#mBm
Mm-mm-mm-mm. mm-mm-mm-mm
F#mGGmD
For two or three minutes, then Iʼm gone