Jimmy Buffett – Growing Older But Not Up (Guitar)

E
I rounded first never thought of the worst

     B
As I studied the shortstop's position

B7
Crack went my leg like the shell of an egg      

        E
Someone call a decent physician

A                G#m7       A
I'm no Pete Rose,I can't pretend

                       E                B7                  E
Though my mind is quite flexible, these brittle bones don't bend

           E
I'm growing older but not up

             B7
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck

           G#m7              A
Let those winds of time blow over my head

           B                              B7     E      B7
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead

E
Sometimes I see me as an old manatee

        B
Headin' south as the waters grow colder

B7
Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near

        E
It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder

    A                                        G#m7          A
But that's how it goes (that's how it goes), right to the end 

                        E               B7                  E
Though his body's quite flexible, that barnacle brain don't bend

            E
I'm growing older but not up

             B7
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck

          G#m7                A           
Let those winds of time blow over my head   

           B                              B7     E      B7
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead

    E
Now don't get me wrong

E
This is not a sad song

       B
Just events that I have happened to witness

    B7
And time takes its toll as we head for the poll

       E
And no one dies from physical fitness

   A                            G#m7         A
So what the hell, we'll take it right to the end

                      E               B7              E
As the days grow more complicated the nightlife still wins

            E
I'm growing older but not up

             B7
My metabolic rate is pleasantly stuck  

          G#m7                 A
Let those winds of change blow over my head   

           B                              B7    E     B7
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead

          G#m7               A
Let those winds of time blow over my head  

           B                         A G#m F#m E B7  E
I'd rather die while I'm living than li-ve while I'm dead