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Grown Up - From Hotcakes - 1974
D7I stoGmod in the doorway iFn my white nightgown
GmRed roses on linen
FI stood three feet from the ground
The gEbmaj7rownups laughed insA7ide
Used woDrds I didn't kDmnow
But sGm7till I enjoyed the showA7  
GmThey looked so lovely
FThey looked so self-assured
And GmI just like them
Would know it aFll when I matured
And no lEbmaj7onger be afrA7aid of the darDkness or the bDmears
Or the crGm7acks in the ceiling upstaA7irs
Well, I've jGmust gotten older
AmI've just gotten taller
And the liA7ttle ones
Call me a gAm7rownDup
GmLast night at a friend's house
A liFttle girl was there
She stGmood in the doorway plaFying with her hair
Ebmaj7She looked up at me A7as if I Dcould do no wDmrong
As I stGm7ood to sing my sA7ong
GmI sang it with a shiver
In my thFroat and in my knees
GmFeeling just as small
As a thiFstle in a breeze
But the cEbmaj7hild's imaginatA7ion
DCarried me alDmong
And sGm7aw me through my sA7ong
See, I've jGmust gotten older
AmI've just gotten taller
And the liA7ttle ones
Call me a gAm7rownDupA  D7  Gm  

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Grownup

by Carly Simon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Ebmaj7

Gm7

Am7

Grown Up - From Hotcakes - 1974

D7 Gm F

I stood in the doorway in my white nightgown

Red roses on linen

I stood three feet from the ground

Ebmaj7 A7

The grownups laughed inside

D Dm

Used words I didn't know

Gm7 A7

But still I enjoyed the show

They looked so lovely

They looked so self-assured

And I just like them

Would know it all when I matured

Ebmaj7 A7 D Dm

And no longer be afraid of the darkness or the bears

Gm7 A7

Or the cracks in the ceiling upstairs

Well, I've just gotten older

I've just gotten taller

And the little ones

Am7 D

Call me a grownup

Last night at a friend's house

A little girl was there

Gm F

She stood in the doorway playing with her hair

Ebmaj7 A7 D Dm

She looked up at me as if I could do no wrong

Gm7 A7

As I stood to sing my song

I sang it with a shiver

In my throat and in my knees

Feeling just as small

As a thistle in a breeze

Ebmaj7 A7

But the child's imagination

D Dm

Carried me along

Gm7 A7

And saw me through my song

See, I've just gotten older

I've just gotten taller

And the little ones

Am7 D A D7 Gm

Call me a grownup

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