John Michael Howell – Dear Growing Up (Guitar)

                 Am     C   F       Dm
Woh oh oh oh oh ohhh oh oh ooh ooh ooooh

G                Am     C   F       Dm  G
Woh oh oh oh oh ohhh oh oh ooh ooh ooooh

 Am                              C
Lately I've been staring at the sky

 F                        Dm                G
Looking everywhere for a glimpse of silver line

     Am                          C
But shorter days are all I ever find

           F                          Dm                  G
Something doesn't feel fair about the way they're passing by

          Am
Oh what a lie

                               C
When they said everything gon' be all be all right

          F                         Dm    N.C.
But what good is everything if everyone's not by your side

           Am                       C
I feel my youth slip away like the water on the pavement

             F                           Dm  G
And there's nothing I can do to slow it down

        Am                          C
Mom and Dad are getting gray and I hate that I can't change it

   F                                Dm  G
I wish that they could always be around

                Am
But that's just how life goes

             C
We hit some highs and lows

             F                        Dm
But darlin' all I know is I've had enough

             G
Dear growing up

               Am           C
You're getting ol-ol-ol-ol-old

 F       Dm
Ooh ooh oooh

G                Am     C   F       Dm  G
Woh oh oh oh oh ohhh oh oh ooh ooh ooooh

Am               C
Never knew that 24 would feel this way

       F                              Dm
I was learning how to walk just yesterday

            C         Am
Now I just wanna run away

                         C
And now problems are the only way I learn

   F                             Dm
I seem to find them every way I turn

          C              Am
Time's a blessing and a curse

               C
What could be worse (what could be worse)

    F                                  Dm
We try so hard to keep the things you love

          G
It never works

           Am                       C
I feel my youth slip away like the water on the pavement

             F                           Dm              G
And there's nothing I can do to slow it down (and I get down)

        Am                          C
Mom and Dad are getting gray and I hate that I can't change it

   F                                Dm  G
I wish that they could always be around

                Am
But that's just how life goes

             C
We hit some highs and lows

             F                        Dm
But darlin' all I know is I've had enough

             G
Dear growing up

               Am           C
You're getting ol-ol-ol-ol-old

              C
I'm trembling in my boots

 F                         Dm
Shaking my fist up at the blue

           G             Am
What can I do? What can I do?

         C
What can I do?

         F                       Dm
Darling all I know is I've had enough

             G
Dear growing up

               Am
You're getting old