{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2087729,"song":"The Growing Up Boy","artist":"Josh Joplin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11453721-the-growing-up-boy-chords-by-josh-joplin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2087729?type=chord","rating":0.11972,"votes":0,"content":"Josh Joplin - The Growing Up Boy\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFriends wear the scars of the lessons you learned[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you sit by the embers of the bridges you've burned[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe all have a story and we each take a turn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLaughing at all of your shit[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone is just somebody you knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you never mean harm by the things that you do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut saying it through tears, don't make it true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust makes it hard to forget it[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the growing up boy, he never grows up[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's taunted by fear and haunted by love[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo late to learn, you've taken enough[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGrowing up boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's heartache, it's heartbreak, it's dark clouds and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a day of self-pity and he's on the mend[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe finds true love for the first time again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the memory of the last girl lapses[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he wakes up half-hearted and he looks at his phone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a message to remind him that he's not alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he always has many, but none are from home[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo he goes back to bed and collapses[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the growing up boy, he never grows up[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's taunted by fear and haunted by love[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo late to learn, you've taken enough[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGrowing up boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Each day is your birthday', is what I wrote in a card[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo say a kind word, I just found it too hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI erased what I meant, so just disregard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMake what you want of this form[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLove is not like the songs that you sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow could you complain when it don't mean a thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can steal every verse and you break every string[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd there's no one around when you're done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the growing up boy, he never grows up[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's taunted by fear and haunted by love[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo late to learn, you've taken enough[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGrowing up boy, grow up[/tab]","plain_text":"Josh Joplin - The Growing Up Boy\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC  F  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC      F   C\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}