Tone chuan D. Capo 2 choi C
Verse 1:
[C] That was the way, that was the way it [Em] was
When you're [Am] five years old and don't have nowhere else to [F] run
Except [C] into your mother's arms, where she held you so [Em] tight
And you're [Am] scared of the dark so you sleep with your little night [F] light
When you [C] walked up to school and everyone there was your best [Em] friend
When you [Am] learned your numbers and shapes and played [F] pretend
You didn't [C] mind that your hair was a mess, you were so care[Em] free
You didn't [Am] know how cold and cruel this world would [F] one day be
Chorus:
[Dm] We were just so [G] young
We should have [C] known
We [Em] should have [Am] known
That one [Dm] day we'd hate our bodies and we'd [G] orbit around buttons on a [C] phone
We [Em] should have [Am] known
That one [Dm] day we'd pluck our eyebrow
hairs and [G] wonder why the cool kids stared at [C] me
Oh [Em] why'd it have to [Am] be
Our [Dm] imaginations have run dry
We [G] hate ourselves and have a nightly [C] cry
And then we [Em] act like we're [Am] fine
It's [Dm] alcohol and bombs and drugs, don't [G] ever let your children grow [C] up
(Oh [Em] oh oh oh oh [Am] oh)
[C] [Em]
Verse 2:
We would [C] swing on the swings and jump off and pretend we could [Em] fly
But as [Am] soon as we blinked we grew up and we're junior [F] high
So our [C] dads dropped us off at the park and we stayed out 'till [Em] ten
So the [Am] makeup comes out and we think we need the [F] perfect boyfriend
Chorus:
[Dm] We were just so [G] young
How didn't we [C] know
How [Em] didn't we [Am] know
That we'd be [Dm] independent on our own and [G]
lose more friends while traveling down the [C] road
Oh, how [Em] didn't we [Am] know
That there's [Dm] more to life than sleepovers
and [G] jocks turn out worse than the science [C] nerds
But [Em] somehow that all gets [Am] blurred
And some re[Dm] lationships they end real fast
And [G] though you want you might never get it [C] back
The doors [Em] close just like [Am] that
It's de[Dm] pression and it's broken love, don't [G] ever let your children grow [C] up
(Oh [Em] oh oh oh oh [Am] oh)
[C] [Em]
(Vocals)
Outro:
[Dm] We're no longer [G] young
So now that we [C] know
So [Em] now that we [Am] know
That this [Dm] world could use some turning
'round, if [G] only we could find some common [C] ground
But it's [Em] up to [Am] us
And al[Dm] though at times it gets so rough,
you have [G] got to let your children grow up[C]
Oh [Em] oh oh oh oh [Am] oh
Yeah, you have [Dm] got to let your children, [G] got to let your children grow [C] up