{"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":1853160,"song":"Growing Older But Not Up","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1853160-growing-older-but-not-up-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1853160?type=chord","rating":4.75347,"votes":64,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G#m7[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI rounded first never thought of the worst[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAs I studied the shortstop's position[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nCrack went my leg like the shell of an egg      [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSomeone call a decent physician[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G#m7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm no Pete Rose,I can't pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThough my mind is quite flexible, these brittle bones don't bend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm growing older but not up[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMy metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet those winds of time blow over my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSometimes I see me as an old manatee[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHeadin' south as the waters grow colder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]G#m7[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut that's how it goes (that's how it goes), right to the end [/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThough his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm growing older but not up[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMy metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#m7[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]           \r\nLet those winds of time blow over my head   [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow don't get me wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThis is not a sad song[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nJust events that I have happened to witness[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd time takes its toll as we head for the poll[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd no one dies from physical fitness[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]G#m7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo what the hell, we'll take it right to the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm growing older but not up[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMy metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck  [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#m7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet those winds of change blow over my head   [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G#m7[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet those winds of time blow over my head  [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'd rather die while I'm living than li-ve while I'm dead[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG#m7    A     B      E\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G#m7","A","B","E","B7","G#m","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}