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GUM - Growin' up
VERSE 1
 EI understG#mand
DWhat it takes to be a C#mman
But CI don't have Dthe tAime
All Amday, to be brave
VERSE 2
 EWhat do you G#msee?
DWhen you look at mC#me
I Chope it's not Dall Abad
That's Amweak
CHORUS
How am I growin' Eup?
Emaj7 D C#m
   E    Emaj7\
   D      C#m/ x2
C   C/B
A
VERSE 3
 EWhere'd it go G#mwrong
I was Dgrowing up this C#m..
C.. slide Da- Away
In Amchange
VERSE 4
EI don't wanna bG#me
AnDother casualC#mty
CLiving out on Dthe Astreets
AmBut
CHORUS
When I'm flying Efree
Emaj7 D C#m
   E    Emaj7\
   D      C#m/ x2
C   C/B
A
BREAK
e|-----C------G---------D------A-----------C------G------D-------A------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|  x5
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0h2-3-3-2------0h2/5-5-7-0------0h2-3-3-2-------5--5/7-0-----|
E|-----------3-------------------------------3--5---------------|
While one guitar plays the notes above, another plays the following from the second time
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------7b8r7------------------------7-b8r7-------|
G|-----9-9-9-7--------------9----------9-9---7--7---------9-----|  x5
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 5
 EI'm not gonna G#mdie
DEven if I tC#mry
CLooking to Dthose Aeyes
I Amcan't
VERSE 6
 EWhat do you G#msee?
DWhen you look at mC#me
I Chope it's not Dall Abad
That's Amweak
CHORUS
How am I growin' Eup?
Emaj7 D C#m
   E    Emaj7\
   D      C#m/ x2
C   C/B
A

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Growin Up

by Gum

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G#m

C#m

Emaj7

C/B

GUM - Growin' up

VERSE 1

E G#m

I understand

D C#m

What it takes to be a man

C D A

But I don't have the time

All day, to be brave

VERSE 2

E G#m

What do you see?

D C#m

When you look at me

C D A

I hope it's not all bad

That's weak

CHORUS

How am I growin' up?

Emaj7 D C#m

E Emaj7

D C#m

/ x2

C C/B

VERSE 3

E G#m

Where'd it go wrong

D C#m

I was growing up this ..

C D A

.. slide a- way

In change

VERSE 4

E G#m

I don't wanna be

D C#m

Another casualty

C D A

Living out on the streets

But

CHORUS

When I'm flying free

Emaj7 D C#m

E Emaj7

D C#m

/ x2

C C/B

BREAK

C G D A C G D A

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------------------------------------------------| x5

D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-0h2-3-3-2------0h2/5-5-7-0------0h2-3-3-2-------5--5/7-0-----|

E|-----------3-------------------------------3--5---------------|

While one guitar plays the notes above, another plays the following from the second time

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|

B|--------------------7b8r7------------------------7-b8r7-------|

G|-----9-9-9-7--------------9----------9-9---7--7---------9-----| x5

D|--------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE 5

E G#m

I'm not gonna die

D C#m

Even if I try

C D A

Looking to those eyes

I can't

VERSE 6

E G#m

What do you see?

D C#m

When you look at me

C D A

I hope it's not all bad

That's weak

CHORUS

How am I growin' up?

Emaj7 D C#m

E Emaj7

D C#m

/ x2

C C/B

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