Tim Minchin – When I Grow Up (Guitar)

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F                 C
When I grow up

           Bb
I will be tall enough to reach the branches

Bbm                                F
That I need to reach to climb the trees

            C                      Bb
You get to climb when you're grown up

F                   C
And when I grow up

            Bb         
I will be smart enough to answer all

      Bbm               
The questions that you need to know

     F         C                   Bb
The answers to before you're grown up

Bbsus2
And when I grow up

       F/A
I will eat sweets every day

       Gm7   
On the way to work and I will

      F
Go to bed late every night

Bbsus2
And I will wake up

         F/A
When the sun comes up and I

           Gm7
Will watch cartoons until my eyes go square

    C7sus4              A7/C#               Dm
And I won't care 'cause I'll be all grown up 

     Dm/C       Bbmaj9
When I grow up

F                           C
When I grow up (when I grow up, when I grow up)

          Bbmaj7
I will be strong enough to carry all

     Bbm
The heavy things you have to haul

F                    C              Bb
Around with you when you're a grown up

F                           C
When I grow up (when I grow up, when I grow up)

           Bb            
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bbm                                 F
That you have to fight beneath the bed

              C          Bb
Each night to be a grown up

Bsus2
And when I grow up

        F/A              
I will have treats every day

         Gm
And I'll play with things that mum pretends

      F
That mums don't think are fun

Bbsus2
And I will wake up

          F/A
When the sun comes up and I

               Gm   
Will spend all day just lying in the sun

    C7sus4              A7/C#                Dm  
And I won't burn 'cause I'll be all grown up

     Dm/C     Bbmaj7
When I grow up
F C Bb Bbm F C Bb
F              C
When I grow up

           Bb            
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures

Bbm                                 F
That you have to fight beneath the bed

              C          Bb
Each night to be a grown up
(When I grow up)
Bbsus2
Just because you find that life's not fair it

F/A
Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it

Gm7
If you always take it on the chin and wear it

F
Nothing will change
(When I grow up)
Bbsus2
Just because you find yourself in this story

    F/A
It doesn't mean that everything is written for me

Gm7
If I think the ending is fixed already

Bbdim/C                       A7/C#               
I might as well be saying I think that it's OK

    A          Dm
And that's not right!